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Machu Picchu, Perú's Sacred Valley, Peru: Machu Picchu is situated above a loop of the Urubamba River, which surrounds the site on three sides, with cliffs dropping vertically for 450 metres.
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Stairway to Heaven, the ancient Inca Trail leading to Machu Picchu in Peru.
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Machu Picchu, Peru by Jose Carlos Zapata
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Death steps at Machu Picchu, Peru.
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Tres vistas de Machu Picchu, Cuzco, 2010.
Shot from the Sendero Inca (Inca Trail) as it enters the ruins of the Inca city. The first shot is of the sendero itself descending into the city adjacent to terraces used to supply food and fibre to the inhabitants.
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FROM : charlesdclimer - ,MACHU PICCHU, Peru
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Winter Solstice
The earliest people on Earth knew that the sun’s path across the sky, the length of daylight, and the location of the sunrise and sunset all shifted in a regular way throughout the year. They built monuments such as Newgrange in Ireland, Stonehenge in England – or, for example, at Machu Picchu in Peru – to follow the sun’s yearly progress.
People gather at Newgrange for winter solstice dawn on…
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Machu Picchu, Peru
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Urubamba river, Machu Picchu, Peru: The name of the Urubamba River comes from Quechua Urupampa meaning “plateau of spiders” . It was known in Inca times as Willkamayu and was sacred to them. It is one of the main Peruvian rivers and is part of the Amazon Basin. The river to the south side of the pongo is known as the “high Urubamba”, born in the knot of the Vilcanota, and was known as Wilcamayu (Sacred River) by the Incas. Jungle around Machu Picchu, Peru. The Cusco railway can bee seen on the foot of the mountain.
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Another place you'll never find me
The 'Stairs of death' are a section of stone steps built by the Incas, which lead to the top of Huayna Picchu, in Peru, which is one of the steep mountains that overlooks Machu Picchu
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From Cusco to Machu Picchu
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Cantería Inca, Machu Picchu, 2010.
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