Photo of the Day 357

Cerro Llullaillaco, Argentina, 1999

Photograph by Maria Stenzel

A view from the top of Cerro Llullaillaco (Yu-YAI-ya-ko) shows the stark expanse of the Andes Mountains in western Argentina. In 1998, Llullaillaco's 22,000-foot (6,700-meter) summit yielded an Inca ruin containing dozens of artifacts and three perfectly preserved children sacrificed some 500 years ago. It still ranks as the world's highest archaeological site.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Frozen in Time," November 1999, National Geographic magazine)