Orange sunset, turbulent clouds, Sacsayhuaman, Cuzco, Peru, South America.

The last orange light of sunset highlights turbulent clouds over the finely crafted Inca walls of Sacsayhuaman (Saqsaywaman), a "Royal House of the Sun" built on a hill above Cuzco (Cusco or Qosqo), in Peru, South America. Cuzco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 1200s to 1532 and was honored on the World Heritage List in 1983 by UNESCO. Francisco Pizarro officially founded Spanish Cuzco in 1534. Cuzco is the longest continuously occupied city in the Americas and is built upon the foundations of the Incas (at 3400 meters or 11,200 feet elevation). The natural light sunset was captured on Fujichrome Velvia film. Licensed by National Geographic Maps in 2008 for a Geotourism Map of Peru's Sacred Valley.

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The last orange light of sunset highlights turbulent clouds over the finely crafted Inca walls of Sacsayhuaman (Saqsaywaman), a "Royal House of the Sun" built on a hill above Cuzco (Cusco or Qosqo), in Peru, South America. Cuzco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 1200s to 1532 and was honored on the World Heritage List in 1983 by UNESCO. Francisco Pizarro officially founded Spanish Cuzco in 1534. Cuzco is the longest continuously occupied city in the Americas and is built upon the foundations of the Incas (at 3400 meters or 11,200 feet elevation). The natural light sunset was captured on Fujichrome Velvia film. Licensed by National Geographic Maps in 2008 for a Geotourism Map of Peru's Sacred Valley.