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Sea of Stars 

Galactic Center with Lagoon and Trifid Nebula photographed with 16 mm, 35 mm, 100 mm and 400 mm lenses.

16 - 100 mm shots: ISO 800, f/2.8, 180 sec

400 mm shot: ISO 6400, f/5.6, 60 sec

Tripod Vessel with Slab Legs, 300 to 60 AD.

Excavated by Peter G. Wray in El Peten, Guatemala.

Mortuary offerings were placed in the tombs of Mayan noblemen to assist the deceased in their passage to the watery underworld. Funerary objects such as this were often decorated with symbols of water, marine vegetation, and animals. The painted body and lid of this vessel depict white water lilies floating against a green blue background; the water lily was seen as a plant that connects the underworld of water to the air of our world above. The petals of the lilies enclose red hieroglyphic signs, which allude to illustrious rulers and their titles. The carved areas, colored red, feature a complex array of interlocking scrolls that also symbolize water.