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Mayan Ruins of Kabah, Mexico

March 27, 2012  •  Leave a Comment

 

Mayan Ruins at Kabah

   

   18 kilometers south of the more famous Uxmal, via an anciently constructed pedestrian causeway, are the ruins of Kabah. The buildings here can be easily identified as distinct among Mayan architecture for the repetition of a single pattern along the façade. These tiles of carved stone have been extremely well preserved for over 1000 years and are well documented in this high-resolution panoramic image of one of the city’s buildings.

 

Mexico Kabah Uxmal

 

   Restrictions on photographing Mayan ruins by the Mexican government have made large panoramas such as this very rare. This image is an HDR composite of over 5000 individual shots projected onto a equirectangular plane.  

   To see more about the making of this image, click here.


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