January: Pyramid of the Sun and Avenue of the Dead, Teotihuacan

February: “The Conquest of Tenochtitlan” from the Conquest of Mexico series, Mexico

March: Rubbing of the sarcophagus lid of King Pakal, whose tomb lies under the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque

April: Pages 52 & 53 of the eclipse tables from the Dresden Codex, one of only four Mayan codices to survive

May: El Caracol (“The Observatory”), Chichen Itza

June: The Aztec Calendar Stone, now in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City

July: Stele 6, found at Tortuguero: the only Mayan inscription specifically mentioning 2012

August: Portrait of Michel de Nostredame, better known as Nostradamus, the famous French seer

September: The Carina Nebula photographed from the Hubble Space Telescope

October: The surface of our sun with a massive solar flare

November: The Pyramid of Kukulkan (El Castillo) in Chichen Itza with storm clouds approaching

December: Tourist with the Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza reflected in sunglasses

2012 Calendar Cover