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temple of the sun

The sun is hovering just below the mountain peak slowly making its dramatic ascension over Machu Picchu, Peru.

In the foreground is the temple complex with houses for the nobility. Below on the left is the Popular District, or Residential District, where the lower class people lived. It includes storage buildings and simple houses. The terraces on the right serve as agricultural land, part of a drainage system that deters erosion, an engineering support for a site in earthquake territory.

The half round structure in the middle is a Temple dedicate to Inti, the Inca sun god and greatest deity. On the morning of the summer solstice, light pours into a window of the Temple of the Sun to illuminate a sacred rock that dominates the temple interior.

Machu Picchu, Cusco, PERU, South America

Taken in: Perú / Cusco / Maguina (show map)

Taken on: July 3, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D700, f/2.8, 1/200 sec, 14mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D700
Lens:	AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	14mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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