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In reply to the discussion: Shooting the Highest-Resolution Photo Ever Made of Machu Picchu [View all]
 

Coyotl

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16. And it is also a wonder how they built for perpetuity
Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #15)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:05 PM
Nov 2012

None of today's, "Fuck that, let the next guy fix it" culture. These "ruins" survived four plus centuries of utter neglect and look at them still!

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Shooting the Highest-Resolution Photo Ever Made of Machu Picchu [View all] Coyotl Nov 2012 OP
Way cool. bluedigger Nov 2012 #1
They sent me here Coyotl Nov 2012 #2
LOL n/t bluedigger Nov 2012 #3
Wow! What a cool project! n/t Callalily Nov 2012 #4
A long time ago in a galaxy far away - when I was 28 - I was on Machu Picchu Mira Nov 2012 #5
Great story, Mira! bluedigger Nov 2012 #6
No - it was as if Mira Nov 2012 #7
You can see that part of the trail up Huayna Picchu in the image by zooming in. Coyotl Nov 2012 #9
I've reminisced a bit today about my trip to Peru so long ago. And you describe Mira Nov 2012 #10
I've been there four times Richard D Nov 2012 #12
The first of these two photos looks impossible! Absolutely astonishing. Judi Lynn Nov 2012 #15
And it is also a wonder how they built for perpetuity Coyotl Nov 2012 #16
It may be impossible. As in PhotoShopped. I can't find it on Huayna Picchu. Coyotl Dec 2012 #22
Where is Waldo? In this case, Where is this wall? Coyotl Dec 2012 #26
I did that stairway Richard D Nov 2012 #11
This is the one atop Huaynu Picchu Coyotl Nov 2012 #13
Oh. Didn't then Richard D Nov 2012 #14
I need accurate GPS readings for Machu Picchu. Please PM Coyotl Nov 2012 #17
Is GPS latitude and longitude? Richard D Dec 2012 #18
Yes, the geodetic coordinates using the global positioning system. What I seek is Coyotl Dec 2012 #19
I'm not at all familiar with this Richard D Dec 2012 #23
Might this help? Richard D Dec 2012 #24
Interesting to see how that datum propagated to a GPS site Coyotl Dec 2012 #25
So . . . Richard D Dec 2012 #27
Correct. Coyotl Dec 2012 #28
Oh well . . . Richard D Dec 2012 #29
You can help out if you take me with you n/t Mira Dec 2012 #30
Believe me . . . Richard D Dec 2012 #31
I like to use Panoramio images in Google Earth. A lot has changed there Coyotl Nov 2012 #8
WOW! Amazing! SouthernDonkey Dec 2012 #20
Now I'm going to have to borrow my friends Gigapan n/t Stevenmarc Dec 2012 #21
Just found a Huayna Picchu video Coyotl Dec 2012 #32
This transports me back Mira Dec 2012 #33
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