Entries in the ‘Easter Island’ Category:
filed in Daily Photo, Easter Island on Nov.01, 2008
You can find horses roaming all over Easter Island.
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filed in Daily Photo, Easter Island on Sep.08, 2008
Broken maoi (statues) and a ahu (platform) on Easter Island.
filed in Daily Photo, Easter Island on Jun.20, 2008
This is Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island. This ahu (the name of the platform of the maoi, or statues) was rebuilt by a Japanese television crew in 1992. All of the ahu on Easter Island had been toppled by the start of the 20th Century. All the photos you see of standing maoi were either [...]
filed in Daily Photo, Easter Island on Feb.08, 2008
I’ll be showing photos from Easter Island for quite a while. This was taken inside the Rano Raraku crater where most of the maoi were carved. Many horses on the island have become sick and died after eating the yellow flowers you can see in the photo.
Tags: Daily Photo, Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Travel Photography
filed in Daily Photo, Easter Island on Jan.09, 2008
In the foreground is an horizontal maoi statue. It is believed that it was abandoned where it sits while it was in transport to a platform (ahu). In the background is Rano Raraku. This volcanic crater is where almost all the maoi of the island were quarried. The stone in the crater is a [...]
Tags: Daily Photo, Easter Island, Maoi, Rapa Nui, Travel Blog
filed in Daily Photo, Easter Island on Dec.02, 2007
Maoi with topknot on Easter Island
Tags: Chile, Daily Photo, Easter Island, Maoi, Rapa Nui