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  • Trekkers on a trail in the Andes Mountains.
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  • Deep canyons of the eastern Andes drain towards the Amazon Basin.
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  • Horses pack an archaeology expedition into the Andes.
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  • A dirt road switchbacks above a canyon draining into the Amazon.
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  • Rio Huabayacu drains cloud forest en route to distant Amazon Basin.
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  • Fog drifts over upper Amazon cloud forests in Cordillera Central.
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  • A Peruvian villager stands on sunset-lit slopes of Mount Shubet.
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  • After sleeping atop a small mountain where a National Geographic expedition found remains of an Inca ceremonial site, one of the young assistants stretches as he greets the day breaking over fog filled canyons and ridges of the rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba range of Peru's Andes Mountains.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cuzco District, Andes Mountains, Peru. A trekker overlooks Nevado Sacsarayoc from Victoria Pass.
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition ride up a steep trail towards Victoria Pass in the Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cuzco District, Andes Mountains.  Behind them is Peru Nevado Sacsarayoc.
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  • While his guide walks, a member of a National Geographic archaeology expedition rides up a steep trail in the rugged foothills of the Cordillera Vilcabamba in Peru's Andes Mountains.
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  • A Peruvian villager treks a rugged trail towards Victoria Pass in the rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba of Peru's Andes mountains.  Behind him are the crags and glaciers of Nevado Sacsarayoc.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cuzco District, Andes Mountains, Peru. A trekker overlooks Nevado Sacsarayoc from Victoria Pass.
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  • Peruvian arrieros (mule drivers) laugh around a campfire as they camp on the trail while working with a National Geographic archaeology expedition to the Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains in the Andes.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. National Geographic archaeology expedition on cliffside trail hewn by Inca laborers, en route to site on Cerro Victoria. Nevado Sacsayrayoc background.
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  • Andes Mountains, Chile. Southern beech trees and 2819-meter Cerro Castillo, near Coihaique.
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  • Hidden deep in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, Cerro Victoria (right) was once an Incan ceremonial site of unknown purpose.
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  • A villager surveys the deep canyons and steep ridges of the Cordillera Vilcabamba in the Cusco District of the Peruvian Andes.
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  • Mountains and glaciers on islands beside the Murray Channel in Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Clouds shroud lakes and mountains of the southern Andes in Patagonia, Chile.
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  • A horse and mule train climbs up a steep, switchbacking trail out of Rio Apurimac Canyon, in the Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • A lupine plant grows high up a slope in the rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba range of the Peruvian Andes.
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  • A sunrise lights glaciers and summit crags on Nevado Sacsarayocin Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba, a part of the Andes that is close to Macchu Picchu.  Due to climate change, these glaciers are shrinking every ytear.
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  • Taraba Sound stretches below unexplored mountains in Patagonia.
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  • Farms outside of Cuzco huddle below foothills of the Andes. Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Leo Le Bon climbing Volcan Osorno near Puerto Montt, above the Lakes District of Chile. (Andes Mountains)
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  • A bathroom window gives mountain views from the bathtub at Explora Lodge in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • A mountaineer ascends Cordillera Sarmiento, a previously unexplored Chilean Range.
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  • A mountaineer ascends a previously unexplored Chilean range.
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  • Cordillera Sarmiento, Patagonia, Chile. A mountaineer digs out a storm-choked entrance to a snow cave shelter.
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  • A mountaineer ascends a previously unexplored Chilean range.
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  • A ski mountaineer hikes through dense beech forest en route to Patagonian peaks.
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  • The sun lights up clouds as it rises over Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • Cloud forests surround remote Choquequirau, an ancient Inca royal center in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba, not far from Machu Picchu.  This was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1909, two years before Bingham found the latter.  Only recently has it begun to be restored or visited.
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition overlook Cerro Victoris (in shadow), an obscure promontory deep in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba, where soon they would find evidence of a long-past Inca commercial center and ceremonial site.
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  • PERU. Dr. Peter Lerche drinks from Yonan River in cloud forests of the Cordillera Central, which drains into the Amazon Basin. Andes Mountains.
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  • PERU. Horseman in fog above Mangalpa village in Cordillera Central near Chachapoyas. Andes Mountains.
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  • Travelers admire a reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, an ancient stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture that dominated northern Peru about 600 years ago.
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  • PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY.  Horse pack train on ancient Inca Trail passes through "halca" grasslands above Unamen village in Peru's Cordillera Central, in upper Amazon headwaters. (Andes Mountains)
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central passes a reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, an ancient stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • The Inca royal ceremonial site, Choquequirao sits high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.  This is considered to be a sister center to Machu Picchu and was mapped and investigated by Hiram Bingam in 1909, two years before he found the latter.  It has recently been renovated by the Peruvian government and is becoming an adventure travel destination.
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  • Rebuilt structures of unclear usage dominate Choquequirao, an Inca royal ceremonial site set high on a remote ridge in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • Travelers in Peru's Cordillera Central stand atop one of the fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Travelers in Peru's Cordillera Central walk below the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • An archaeologist climbs up to a rare unlooted pre-Incan tomb.
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  • An ancient Chachapoyan mummy lies by a cliffside tomb door.
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  • Lago Toro glistens behind a beech forest in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Horns of Paine reflect in Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Paine River pours over Paine Falls under Mount Almirante Nieto and the Towers of Paine in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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  • Saline Lake Amarga ripples below Mount Almirante Nieto and the Towers of Paine in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • A rhea and guanacos graze hilsides below the Horns of Paine in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • A rhea and guanacos graze hilsides below the Horns of Paine in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • A guanaco rests beside saline Laguna Amarga, near Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Flamingos wade on a windy beach by Laguna Amarga, near Torres del Paine National Park.
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  • A wind-swept lenticular cloud soars over the Grand Tower of Paine, the Horns of Paine and Pehoe Lake in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Horns of Paine and lenticular clouds loom over wave-tossed Grey Lake in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Ice towers called seracs teeter at the calving front of Grey Glacier, where Chile's huge southern icecap flows into Grey Lake in Torres del Paine National Park.
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  • Ice towers called seracs teeter at the calving front of Grey Glacier, where Chile's huge southern icecap flows into Grey Lake in Torres del Paine National Park.
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  • A tour boat captain navigates in Grey Lake, below the calving front of Grey Glacier in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Ice towers called seracs teeter at the calving front of Grey Glacier, where Chile's huge southern icecap flows into Grey Lake in Torres del Paine National Park.
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  • Ice towers called seracs teeter at the calving front of Grey Glacier, where Chile's huge southern icecap flows into Grey Lake in Torres del Paine National Park.
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  • Ice towers called seracs teeter at the calving front of Grey Glacier, where Chile's huge southern icecap flows into Grey Lake in Torres del Paine National Park.
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  • Ice towers called seracs teeter at the calving front of Grey Glacier, where Chile's huge southern icecap flows into Grey Lake in Torres del Paine National Park.
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  • Tourists hike across a sand bar on Grey Lake, below the Horns of Paine in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Tourists hike across a sand bar on Grey Lake, below the Horns of Paine in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Grey River flows through  a southern beech forest below the Grand Tower of Paine and Horns of Paine in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Sunrise lights the Horns  and Towers of Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Horns of Paine tower above Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Horns of Paine tower above Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Thorny bushes called mother-in-law's cushion grow beside Lake Nordenskjold, under the Horns of Paine in  Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Hikers beside Lake Nordenskjold, below the Horns of Paine in  Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Adventure travelers ride horses in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Grand Tower of Paine (L) and Horns of Paine tower above Lake Pehoe, Salto Chico Falls, and Explora Lodge in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Grand Tower of Paine (L) and Horns of Paine tower above Lake Pehoe and thorny shrubs called "Mother-in-law's cushion" in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Grand Tower of Paine (L) and Horns of Paine tower above Lake Pehoe and thorny shrubs called "Mother-in-law's cushion" in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Grand Tower of Paine (L) and Horns of Paine tower above Lake Pehoe and thorny shrubs called "Mother-in-law's cushion" in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Grand Tower of Paine (L) and Horns of Paine tower above Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Hikers descend a hill above Lake Pehoe, the Horns of Paine, and the Towers of Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Last Hope Sound, Puerto Natales, Chile.
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  • Clouds and sun over Magdalena Channel & Isla Capitan Aracena, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Clouds and sun over Magdalena Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Clouds and sun over Magdalena Channel & Isla Capitan Aracena, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Tourists take pictures from a zodiac raft in Seno Chico, a fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Blue-eyed shags nesting on cliffs beside a glacier icefall flowing into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Blue-eyed shags nesting on cliffs beside a glacier icefall flowing into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Adventure travelers in a zodiac raft float below a glacier icefall in the Cordillera Darwin that flows into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto De Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Blue-eyed shags nesting on cliffs beside a glacier icefall flowing into Seno Chico, a small fjord in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
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  • Chilean cruise ship Mare Australis anchors in Wulaia Bay on Navarino Island, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.  The Murray Channel and Hoste Island are in background.
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  • Southern beech (nothofagus) forest above Wulaia Bay on, Navarino Island, Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Murray Channel and Hoste Island background
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  • Chilean cruise ship Mare Australis anchors in Wulaia Bay on Navarino Island, Tierra del Fuego, Chile.  The Murray Channel and Hoste Island are in background.
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  • Cloud forest clings to upper Amazon cliffs above Rio Huabayacu.
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  • The Towers of Paine and Horns of Paine tower over Lago Toro in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • A January, 2008 National Geographic Expeditions group poses outside of Explora Lodge.
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  • A panorama of the Grand Tower of Paine and the Horns of Paine from Explora Lodge in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • The Horns of Paine reflect in Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • Sunrise on the Grand Tower of Paine, above Lake Pehoe in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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  • An endangered Huemul deer in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
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