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Easter Island in the southern Pacific is one of the most geographically isolated places on Earth, but socially and culturally its influence may have been overlooked, new research suggests.
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.
Easter Island is about 2,200 miles west of the coast of Chile. The fire burning at night on Easter Island. The remains of an Easter Island head overlooking the fire-scorched crater.
An astrophotographer who visited Easter Island for the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024, shared a stunning view of the "ring of fire." ...
Several iconic Easter Island head statues suffered "irreparable" damage in a fire that may have been the result of arson, according to local officials. The fire engulfed the remote island's ...
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Easter Island is about 2,200 miles west of the coast of Chile. The fire burning at night on Easter Island. The remains of an Easter Island head overlooking the fire-scorched crater.