Picchu
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Hidden on top of a mountain in the jungle, Machu Picchu was rediscovered in 1911 by an American archaeologist. Nobody`s really sure what it was used for as there are no records of it in the Spanish conquistadors (which is of course in part what saved it from being destroyed). We got there on one of the first buses and were there for sunrise which was beautiful. We then spent most of the day hanging about and exploring the ruins.
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Early morning at Machu Picchu, Peru
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Machu Picchu, Peru / A Majestic Landscape surrounds Machu Picchu More work of 945-ontwerp can be seen on his website / Digital prints can also be bought here
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Mountain covered in clouds, Peru You can buy this image as well as a royalty free digital file at Istockphoto
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Machu Pichu, early September
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Probably one of the most photographed places on the planet, but at least I struck lucky and managed to get 5 of the 11 resident llamas to stay put while I got some shots. Machu Picchu, Peru.
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Machu Picchu, sacred mountain of the Incas in Peru
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Peru’s Machu Picchu, the final stop on the Inca Trail.
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View from Inca Ruins at Huayna Picchu, the mountain behind Machu Picchu in Peru / / / / / Image recently sold as a matted print to a Melbourne buyer (Nov 2008)
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Machu Picchu, Andes, Peru. / Featured in the Group ‘That One Great Shot’.
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The traditional, iconic image of Machu Picchu, with Huayna Picchu in the background. Machu Picchu, Peru
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The mysterious Machu Picchu, Peru, hiding behind the morning mist. I have this as a canvas on my own wall.
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Looking through the window of time at Machu Picchu, Peru
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Taken in Machu Picchu, Peru !
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Machu Picchu, Peru, March 2009 BEST VIEWED LARGE This being such an iconic an often photographed image, I wanted to make sure it was my own interpretation, rather than just another postcard shot. This was taken very early on in the morning as the mist was rising from the valley. I put the shot through DxO optics to correct lens distortions and pull out some detail from the shadows. The shot was then processed using the Nic Silverefex Pro plugin for Photoshop. I started with a Holga filter making sure that the “structure” setting was quite high so that some of the detail in the buildings would not be lost.
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Machu Picchu / Peru
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An old Quechua Lady with her llama – Sacred Valley of the Incas, Peru.
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Peru 3 shot panorama
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A Quechua Family in traditional dress – Ollantaytambo, Peru.
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Machu Picchu – Peru
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Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu, “Old Peak”, pronounced [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpiktʃu]) is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Often referred to as “The Lost City of the Incas”, Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire. / The Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was largely unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. / Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. Since it was not plundered by the Spanish when they conquered the Incas, it is especially important as a cultural site and is considered a sacred place. / Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early twentieth century. / Machu Picchu was constructed around 1462, at the height of the Inca Empire. It was abandoned less than 100 years later. It is likely that most of its inhabitants were wiped out by smallpox before the Spanish conquistadores arrived in the area, and there is no record of the Spanish having known of the remote city. Hiram Bingham hypothesized that the citadel was the traditional birthplace of the Inca of the “Virgins of the Suns”. / Another theory maintains that Machu Picchu was an Inca “llacta”, a settlement built to control the economy of these conquered regions. Yet another asserts that it may have been built as a prison for a select few who had committed heinous crimes against Inca society. Research conducted by scholars, such as John Rowe and Richard Burger, has convinced most archaeologists that Machu Picchu was an estate of the Inca emperor, Pachacuti. In addition, Johan Reinhard presented evidence that the site was selected because of its position relative to sacred landscape features such as its mountains, which are purported to be in alignment with key astronomical events that would have been important to the Incas. / Although the citadel is located only about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Cusco, the Inca capital, it was never found by the Spanish and consequently not plundered and destroyed, as was the case with many other Inca sites. Over the centuries, the surrounding jungle grew over much of the site, and few knew of its existence. On July 24, 1911, Machu Picchu was brought to the attention of scholars by Hiram Bingham, an American historian employed as a lecturer at Yale University. Bingham was led up to Machu Picchu by a local 11 year old Quechua boy named Pablito Alvarez. Bingham undertook archaeological studies and completed a survey of the area. Bingham coined the name “The Lost City of the Incas”, which was the title of his first book. / Bingham had been searching for the city of Vilcapampa, the last Inca refuge and spot of resistance during the Spanish conquest of Peru. In 1911, after years of previous trips and explorations around the zone, he was led to the citadel by Quechuans. These people were living in Machu Picchu, in the original Inca infrastructure. Bingham made several more trips and conducted excavations on the site through 1915, carrying off artifacts. He wrote a number of books and articles about the discovery of Machu Picchu in his lifetime. / The site received significant publicity after the National Geographic Society devoted their entire April 1913 issue to Machu Picchu. / An area of 325.92 square kilometers surrounding Machu Picchu was declared a “Historical Sanctuary” of Peru in 1971. In addition to the ruins, this sanctuary area includes a large portion of adjoining region, rich with flora and fauna. / Machu Picchu was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1983 when it was described as “an absolute masterpiece of architecture and a unique testimony to the Inca civilization”. / On July 7, 2007, Machu Picchu was voted as one of New Open World Corporation’s New Seven Wonders of the World. The World Monuments Fund placed Machu Picchu on its 2008 Watch List of the 100 Most Endangered Sites in the world because of environmental degradation resulting from the impact of tourism, uncontrolled development in the nearby town of Aguas Calientes that included a poorly sited tram to ease visitor access, and the construction of a bridge across the Vilcanota River that is likely to bring even more tourists to the site in defiance of a court order and government protests against it. Canon EOS 1000N / Canon lens 35 mm
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Clouds rising from the valleys around the Inca city of Machu Picchu / Canon 5D II with 24 – 105 mm L Lens My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writing are copyright © Bob Wickham. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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Mist rising behind the guardhouse of the Inca city of Machu Picchu
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This photo was taken at Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountain range 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is a 3D Stereo Anaglyph photo. To view you need red/cyan glasses. I took this photo after having climbed the peak in the background. With all the extra oxygen at this altitude (having come down from a trek around Mt. Salkantay with an altitude of 4600m), this seemed an easy task. Despite this, it was the most dizzy part of the journey.
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