Known for its beaches and resort hotels, Cancun lies at the tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
Inland from this tourist mecca, however, lies a sparsely populated tropical scrub forest that shelters the ruins of ancient Mayan cities.

Image taken September 28, 2000, by the ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/USGS EROS Data Center

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