Fajada Butte Viewpoint at Chaco Canyon

The viewpoint and signs for Fajada Butte, at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, a famous site for archaeoastronomy. Sunlight streaming through the series of layered rocks at the Butte (and not accesible to the public) forms a dagger of light superimposed on a spiral petroglyph, marking the dates of the solstices and equinoxes.

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