Today we are at Easter Island ( Rapa Nui in the local language or Isla de Pascua in Spanish). This is one of the most remote populated islands on earth. The population is about 9000. Here are a few of the 450 pictures I took today. We visited 3 sites that had Moai platforms ( anu ) and the quarry where all the statues were carved out of the volcanic rock
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| a pretty sunrise over thew islasnd |
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| our ship in the background |
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| this one Moai has the eyes that were added at the end of the construction process. The piece on top of the head (pukao) |
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| wild horses roam the island |
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| at bottom of the quarry |
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| the quarry were all the moai were the started |
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| this uncompleted Moai is the largerst found |
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| the backsides of the Moai |
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