Cancun, Mexico

Credit: Credit: USGS/NASA, Posted on: Sunday, 22 February 2004, 06:00 CST Download full size image

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. This scene was acquired by the ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite on September 28, 2000.

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