Machu Picchu at Sunrise, Cusco Region, Peru — first light breaks over the Inca citadel as mist rises from the Urubamba gorge below. The empty terraces and silent temples glow gold against the dark bulk of Huayna Picchu, capturing the site exactly as Hiram Bingham first encountered it in 1911.
© Allard Schmidt (The Netherlands), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
