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A volcano rises high above the Andean altiplano.
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Waterfowl enjoy some high-altitude lakes.
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A mother duck with her ducklings.
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At the highest point on the Colca Canyon tour, many tourists made rock towers as an offering to the mountains.
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The towers have no basis in Inca culture, they are purely a tourist artifact.
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A view of Chivay, Peru from above.
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The cathedral in Chivay, Peru, where we stayed before heading to the canyon to view condors.
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The cathedral in Maca, Peru, near the Colca Canyon.
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A look into the deep and majestic Colca Canyon.
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These purple flowers decorated canyon walls.
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A condor soars high over the Colca Canyon as the morning warms up.
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At times we saw as many as seven condors soaring at once.
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A top view of the condor as it catches the breeze.
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A side view of a condor and of the mountains along the canyon.
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A condor in the clear blue sky.
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An adolescent condor takes flight.
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Nicole, Ben, Leslie (back) and Pieter at the Colca Canyon's condor viewing area.
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Ben, Nicole, Kris and Don pose in front of the Colca Valley after a successful morning of condor viewing.
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The Colca valley is decorated in many places with agricultural terraces.