Paint Rock

The sun strikes the exact center of the figure at right at noon on the winter solstice.

7 February, 2015 - 21:59 Mark Miller

A thousand years ago, Native Americans aligned drawings with solstice sun

Hundreds of years ago, Native Americans in what is now West Texas drew more than a thousand glyphs in red pigment on rocks on a cliff. Every winter solstice at noon, the sun strikes the center of one...