The Yucatán is a 70,000-square-mile peninsula in southern Mexico, rich with history and life. Its beaches on the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean have become huge tourist draws, while inland, Maya archaeological sites are still being discovered, some dating back to the fifth century A.D. The underlying landscape is almost entirely made of limestone, and is punctuated by caverns and occasional sinkholes that have filled with water, called cenotes, sought out by swimmers and cave divers. Gathered below, a handful of images of Mexico’s Yucatán, from jungle pyramids to peaceful beaches and more.
A Photo Trip to the Yucatán Peninsula
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Tourists enjoy the Cenote Ik Kil outside of Chichen Itza, Mexico. Cenotes are massive sinkholes formed when the ceiling of a cave collapses underwater, creating a network of underwater caverns in crystal-clear water that divers come from around the world to explore. #
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A scuba diver swims through shafts of light coming into a massive underground, underwater cave in the Cenote Taj Maha in Quintana Roo, Mexico, on September 27, 2018. #
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Residents with painted faces and candles participate in El Paseo de Las Almas ("The Walk of Souls") during a Day of the Dead festival in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, on October 28, 2016. #
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A diver photographs a massive statue of a man at the Museo Subacuatico de Arte off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico, on September 26, 2018. The statue is part of a larger artwork of more than 500 permanent life-sized and monumental sculptures by the English artist Jason deCaires Taylor. All of the sculptures are fixed to the seabed and made from specialized materials to promote coral life. The total installation occupies more than 420 square meters of barren substrate and weighs in at more than 200 tons. #
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