The biggest photo ever taken of Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is one of those travel destinations that renders most people speechless. If it’s not on your bucket-list, you’ve either visited it already, or never heard of it because you live in a cave under a rock in the Arctic (you can catch up with Machu Picchu: mystery in the mountains.) However, the very fact that it’s not a secret destination can be a deterrent: nobody really wants to jostle with all the other tourists, trying to get a photo of the ancient architecture that isn’t studded with neon tourists in jackets.

Here’s how you can fix that: with the highest resolution photo that’s ever been taken of Machu Picchu. Jeff Cremer, the photographer, took 1 920 photos and stitched them together into one epic (and massive) panorama. Watch how they did it here:

The result is astounding: you can zoom in for ages and examine the way the rocks fit together, virtually climb all the stairs to the top of the peak, and search for people who have been unintentionally decapitated by the sweeping shot. Then, once you’re done with the detail, zoom back out to see how it all fits together.