This realistic landscape photo was taken at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, USA, showing the famous ancient cliff settlement ruins built by Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi). The entire ancient complex is embedded under a huge red sandstone cliff, built with sandstone blocks of the same color, retaining typical ancient Native American structures such as tall stone towers and semi-subterranean kivas. Mesa Verde is the first US national park dedicated to protecting indigenous ancient sites, now a World Heritage Site, presenting a strong sense of history and unique grandeur of the wilderness.