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18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Window to the World

This old ruin was along the Inca Trail and was easily bypassed as it required a hike further off the main path. It is so hard to imagine this having been built over 600 years as a shelter along the trail and as a fortress to identify invaders. I can't imagine any picture window being as grand!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Peru
Camera: SM-G950U
Copyright: © John Updegrove