cenotes

Beneath the Maya world: cenotes and caves of the Yucatán

Dzibilchaltún cenote. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Dzibilchaltún cenote. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Balankanché cave. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Balankanché cave. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Dzom-Bacal cenote. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Dzom-Bacal cenote. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Handprints inside Loltun cave. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Handprints inside Loltun cave. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

X’batún cenote. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

X’batún cenote. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Loltun cave. Photo by Joshua Albers.

Loltun cave. Photo by Joshua Albers.

Dzibilchaltún cenote. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Dzibilchaltún cenote. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.