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Peru is a magical destination, abundant with ancient ruins dating back to the Incas.
Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina.
Lake Titicaca, straddling the border between Peru and Bolivia in the Andes Mountains, is one of South America's largest lakes and the world’s highest navigable body of water.
Color is very much about atmosphere and emotion and the feel of a place.
A good color image is a good B&W image.
Cuzco, Perú
Los franciscanos llegaron al Qosqo en los primeros años de la conquista y se asentaron en la actual zona de San Blas, luego en la plazoleta de las Nazarenas, en el antiguo palacio Qasana de Pachakuteq sobre la Plaza de Armas y finalmente en su actual ubicación en la Plaza de San Francisco hacia 1549. Se desconoce quien fue el arquitecto que diseñó la actual estructura aunque se conoce que quien la concluyó en 1652 fue el arquitecto cusqueño Francisco Domínguez Chávez y Arellano que trabajó como albañil mayor; la estructura de la actual iglesia es relativamente simple y consta de una sola torre con dos puertas de ingreso, pero es sólida y fabricada con andesitas de construcciones prehispánicas. Sus obras de arte originales fueron destruidas por un Prior que "modernizó" la iglesia con burdas obras neoclásicas de yeso; su actual altar mayor es neoclásico y de yeso, ostenta a San Francisco de Asís en la porción central y la Inmaculada Concepción en la parte superior; existen además otros 11 altares menores todos de yeso, además tiene un púlpito antiguo de cedro.
Wild caught, posed in captivity.
Heliconia Lodge trail, Maynas Province, Loreto Region, Peru.
17 June 2014
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Suborder Ophidia
Family Colubridae
Subfamily Colubrinae
Leptophis ahaetulla
Huanchaco (Trujillo), Peru. The Caballitos de totora are reed watercraft used by fishermen in Peru for the past 3000 years, archaeologically evidenced from pottery shards. Named for the way they are ridden, straddled ('little reed horses' in English), fishermen use them to transport their nets and collect fish in their inner cavity / Huanchaco (Trujillo), Peru. O Caballitos de totora são embarcações de cana utilizadas pelos pescadores no Peru durante os últimos 3000 anos, arqueologicamente comprovada a partir de fragmentos de cerâmica. Nomeado para a forma como eles são montados, cavalinhos de cana em Inglês, os pescadores usam para transportar as suas redes e recolher peixes.
Catedral de CUZCO - Perú
Diapositiva tomada con una una Nikon FE2 analógica en el año 2000, y escaneada posteriormente.
Cumbemayo or Cumbe Mayo is an archaeological site located 20 kilometers southwest of the city of Cajamarca in Peru at 3,500 meters of elevation. Built around 1500 B.C.E, it comprises aqueducts, a grotto and petroglyphs; all within an area of rock formations.
11,000 feet above the sea in the Peruvian Highlands, a 3,500-year-old aqueduct cut out of volcanic rock snakes down hills and valleys toward the city of Cajamarca.
Built by an advanced pre-Inca society around 1500 B.C.E, the Cumbe Mayo, which translates to thin river, is thought to be one of the oldest man-made structures in South America. It carefully follows the grade of the land, draining water from the hills’ melting snow, to the arid cities in the valleys below. As water was a scarcity, it was worshipped by the Cajamarca people thousands of years ago, and every drop was carefully collected.
Besides the aqueduct, which is cut from the volcanic rock around it, a number of petroglyphs on the structures and in surrounding caves provide some insight into the culture that built the infrastructure.
Towering above the Cumbe Mayo, are Los Frailones, the Stone Monks. Los Frailones are massive volcanic pillars, some stretching as high as 60 feet. The stone forests suddenly appear from the landscape, starkly contrasting the flat, tree-less plains around Cajamarca. Many of the pillars, carved by wind and rain have taken on new shapes, resembling hands and even animals, and allowing the mind to wander in the pristine Peruvian setting.
Although the stone forests and ancient ruins of pre-Incan society give the area a beautiful and almost spiritual dimension, it is hard to overlook Cajamarca’s tragic history, as the location where Spanish forces slaughtered the Incas, thousands of years after Cumbe Mayo was constructed.
The Republic of Peru is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico civilization, one of the oldest in the world, and to the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and established a Viceroyalty, which included most of its South American colonies. After achieving independence in 1821, Peru has undergone periods of political unrest and fiscal crisis as well as periods of stability and economic upswing.
Peru is a representative democratic republic divided into 25 regions. Its geography varies from the arid plains of the Pacific coast to the peaks of the Andes mountains and the tropical forests of the Amazon Basin. It is a developing country with a medium Human Development Index score and a poverty level around 40%. Its main economic activities include agriculture, fishing, mining, and manufacturing of products such as textiles.
The Peruvian population, estimated at 28 million, is multiethnic, including Amerindians, Europeans, Africans and Asians. The main spoken language is Spanish, although a significant number of Peruvians speak Quechua or other native languages. This mixture of cultural traditions has resulted in a wide diversity of expressions in fields such as art, cuisine, literature, and music.
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Capital (and largest city): Lima
Official language: Spanish
Demonym: Peruvian
Government: Presidential republic
Independence from Spain
- Declared July 28, 1821
- Recognized December 9, 1824
Area
- Total 1,285,220 km² (20th), 496,222 sq mi
- Water (%) 8.80
Population
- 2007 census 28,220,764
- Density 22/km² (193rd), 57/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate
- Total $207.985 billion (51st)
- Per capita $7,410 (79th)
GDP (nominal) 2007 estimate
- Total $101.504 billion (55th)
- Per capita $3,616 (87th)
HDI (2005): ▲0.773 (medium) (87th)
Currency: Nuevo Sol (PEN)
Time zone: PET (UTC-5)
Internet TLD: .pe
Calling code: +51
In the Belen market of Iquitos you can find, among other things, bark, roots and herbs for making all kinds of medicinal cocktails.
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The Urubamba River (Rio Urumamba) is a river in Peru. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the south-east of Cuzco near the Puno Region border, where it is called the Vilcanota River (Rio Vilcanota). In the Sacred Valley, between Písac and Ollantaytambo, it is also called the Wilcamayu (sacred river). It flows north-north-west for 724 kilometers before coalescing with the lower Apurímac River to form the Ucayali River.
A local amusement park with giant versions of Moche erotic pottery. The tourist photographer offered to trade me his llama for my camera. No way to get a llama onto my plane home.
Photography is the story I fail to put into words.
Peru is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peru is a magical destination, abundant with ancient ruins dating back to the Incas.
Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina.
Peruvian Pelican - Pelecanus thagus - Перуанский пеликан
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Puerto Eten, Chiclayo Province, Lambayeque Region, Peru, 03/06/2018
Cereus repandus, the Peruvian apple cactus, is a large, erect, thorny columnar cactus found in South America as well as the nearby ABC Islands of the Dutch Caribbean. It is also known as giant club cactus, hedge cactus, cadushi, and kayush.
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Quechua man's poncho from Ccatca, Cuzco, Peru. From the "Folk Art of the Andes" exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, New Mexico
Catedral de Lima - Perú
De estilo renacentista con adornos platerescos. Sus torres son neoclásicas.
Una gran catedral y una gran ciudad, que fue capital del Virreinato del Perú.
Diapositiva tomada en el año 2000 con una Nikon analógica y escaneada recientemente.
RGB (B02-B03-B04) in true color and enhancement / other process / test
Image above Peru taken by Sentinel 2 - 2023.01.21
Credit : Copernicus Sentinel data 2023
Processing : Thomas Thomopoulos
Peru is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peru is a magical destination, abundant with ancient ruins dating back to the Incas.
Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina.
Black and white photography has the potential to make any photographer a better photographer.
The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.