An astrophotographer who visited Easter Island for the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024, shared a stunning view of the "ring of fire." Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

Heading 2,300 miles west of Chile, over a wide azure sea on the edge of the world, we arrive at the most isolated island on Earth, Easter Island, coincidentally enough, on Easter Sunday.

In addition to seeing the crater, the lookout at Rano Kau offers an excellent view north of Mataveri International Airport, the town of Hanga Roa, and Mount Terevaka, Easter Island's tallest ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

Easter Island's society might not have collapsed Analysis of tools used to make giant statues could hint at a collaborative society Date: August 13, 2018 ...

We also found a photo from 1959 with people in bunny costumes in St. Augustine’s Easter parade. Then there’s the bird's eye view of the Easter Sunrise Service held at Crescent Beach on Siesta ...

View of Moais—stone statues of the Rapa Nui culture—on the Ahu Tongariki site on Easter Island, 3700 km off the Chilean coast in the Pacific Ocean. Photo by Gregory Boissy/AFP/Getty Images ...

Three Millennia of Climatic, Ecological, and Cultural Change on Easter Island: An Integrative Overview. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , 2016; 4 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00029 Cite This Page : ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the height of a human and weigh up to 14 tons (12,700 kilograms).

15 moai standing watch at Tongariki on Easter Island. The largest moai on the 720-foot-long platform weighs 97 tons. The site was restored between 1992 and 1996 at a cost of over $2 million, paid ...

Easter Island in the southeast Pacific is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues known as moai. In February, archaeologists found ...

The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular "ring of fire" eclipse.