La Ciudad Blanca, or White City, is a legendary city said to exist in the rainforests of eastern Honduras. Also known as the Lost City of the Monkey God, it has been searched for by explorers since the time Hernan Cortes came to the Americas. It’s location was determined (although this is under dispute) using LiDAR, a technique which uses lasers fitted to airplanes or satellites to create maps based on reflected pulses, similar to echolocation. To protect the site it’s location has been kept a secret.
The area where the White City is said to be located in, La Mosquitia, is only accessible by air or water since the rainforest is so dense. La Mosquitia is the largest wilderness area in Central America.
The team of scientist who studied the area rediscovered a bat, a snake, and a beetle, all thought to be extinct. All told, including the species thought to be extinct, scientists discovered “246 species of butterflies and moths, 30 species of bats, and 57 species of amphibians and reptiles.”
