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Dreamy scenery at Öndverðarnes Snæfellsnesi Iceland. HDR made in Photomatix with 4 shots.

Chacchoben (chak-CHO-ben; Maya for "the place of red corn") is the name of a Mayan ruin approximately 110 mi (177 km) south of Tulum and 7 mi (11 km) from the village from which it derives its name. Settlement by the Maya at the site is estimated at 200 BC, and the structures date from 700 AD. In the 1940s a farm was established near the site by the Cohuo family, but the ruins were officially reported to the Mexican government in June 1972 by Dr. Peter Harrison, an American archaeologist who was working on a project for Tulane University, and who also made the first maps of Chacchoben. Harrison stumbled upon this site while flying a helicopter over Mexico and noticed numerous hills in predominately flat lands. Harrison realized there were temples beneath these hills, which were naturally covered over a period of 2000 years.

Celebration in Ólafsvík on New Years Eve 2011-2012.