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Llama, Machu Picchu, Peru, 1999
Photo: Machu Picchu Llama
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"From their sacred city of Machu Picchu the Inca may have explored the nearby Vilcabamba. They and others have altered this landscape for centuries without destroying the larger balance of nature."

—From "Wilderness Headcount," February 1999, National Geographic magazine
Photograph by Frans Lanting

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