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Astronomy pictures of the week (2012.12.23-12.30)

People's Daily Online)  11:11, January 02, 2013

 Orion over El Castillo. Welcome to the December solstice, a day the world does not end ... even according to the Mayan Calendar. To celebrate, consider this dramatic picture of Orion rising over El Castillo, the central pyramid at Chichén Itzá, one of the great Mayan centers on the Yucatán peninsula. (Photo/ NASA)


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