The Kukulkan Pyramid

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A photo of the Kukulkan pyramid has caused a heated discussion all around the world since 2009, because on this picture, a bright beam of light was noticed to come out from the cap stone. This article will list two possible speculations and figure out a better explanation for the observation by analyzing and comparing evidences.

According to this amazing photo, the original hypothesis is that the light beam in the Mayan temple photo is actually released by the top stone of the pyramid. There are some evidences to prove it. First, since this picture was took by an iPhone, it is proved that the GPS coordinates is the same as the Hernadez family’s location. Meanwhile, meta data downloaded from the picture also demonstrates the time(Educating

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