salinas maras salt evaporation ponds near the sacred valley and cuzco southern peru

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Salinas de Maras, salt evaporation ponds near the Sacred Valley and Cuzco in southern Peru Royalty Free Stock Photo

Salinas de Maras, salt evaporation ponds near the Sacred Valley and Cuzco in southern Peru

Salinas de Maras, a complex of nearly 3000 salt pans from pre-Inca times, that are filled by hypersaline underground spring. The salt evaporation ponds are situated in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, 40 kilometers north of Cuzco, in the Cuzco Region, in Peru.