Agricultural Inca Terraces at Moray, Peru


The circular terraces could have been an agricultural experimental station of the Incas. Each level has its own micro climate, where wind and sun create a temperature difference of 15°C (27 °F) between the top and the bottom level


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Location: Machu Picchu, Peru
Photo credit: © Ralf Broskvar / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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