Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a small island located in the southeast Pacific Ocean. It is most famous for nearly ...

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ...

Oct. 2's annular solar eclipse saw a small-looking new moon cross the face of the sun to create a perfect circle for about ...

Stone statues in a fire-damaged area of Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile, October 6, 2022. RAPANUI MUNICIPALITY SHOWS MOAIS/ AFP "Here are my moai!" Vaihere Tuki Haoa walked toward a ...

Rapa Nui's tallest volcano, still offered a nice view. Ahu Akivi is about four miles northeast of town. Exploring the moai ...

The “ring of fire” eclipse of 2024 was a spectacular celestial event — and Dave Eicher saw it from an equally spectacular ...

The moai was found lying on its side in what was once an underwater volcanic crater lake. Researchers on Easter Island have found a previously undiscovered moai - one of the Pacific island's ...

According to a survey by archeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the Easter Islanders successfully transported 288 moai statues to various ahu platforms around the island. We're only proposing that you ...

Monolithic human figures called moai carved by Easter Island inhabitants (UCSB) The Rapa Nui island is located in the Pacific over 1,900km east of the closest inhabited Polynesian island and about ...

The world's most remote island, where moai stand and stare at the stars, will experience an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024. For one eclipse-chaser, it's unmissable.