Above is a picture of the Aztec Temple of the Sun that I took during my trip to Mexico last summer. My primary destination for the trip was the Internation Materials Research Conference in Cancun, where I gave a presentation on behalf of my dad’s company called Innovation in a Traditional Metal-Powder Manufacturing Company Prepared for the Future, but after the conference I traveled to Mexico City in order to meet with some old friends and our representative down in Mexico.
One of the afternoons I didn’t have anything to do, so I decided to take off on my own and check out the Aztec temples that are located a few miles outside of Mexico City. The Pyramid of the Sun (pictured above) is the third largest pyramid in the world behind the Great Pyramid of Cholula and the Great Pyramid of Giza, and its construction began around 100 AD.
For more information on the Pyramid of the Sun, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Sun#Structure_measurements.2C_location_and_orientation
Pictured here is the Pyramid of the Moon taken from atop the Pyramid of the Sun. To learn about the Pyramid of the Moon, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Moon
