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    Another rustbucket on the main st of Hanga Roa showing the effects of salt spray & acid rain. by: stowaway Views[2012] by: homersmuse Views[886] by: homersmuse Views[778] by: homersmuse Views[729] by: homersmuse Views[769]
     
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    Section of partially-restored house at Orongo village, center of the birdman cult. by: stowaway Views[3182] The Harbour by: stowaway Views[2149] Moai at Ahu Tongariki by: stowaway Views[3268] Quarry at Rano Raraku littered with semi-finished Moai. by: stowaway Views[1796] Rano Raraku volcano, where the main Moai quarry is. by: stowaway Views[1889]
     
    The 'Travelling Moai', so called as it has wandered the most of any Moai on the island. After first 'walking' from the quarry at Rano Raraku, it has been to Japan for a world fair, come back, and has been used in 'walking' experiments by Thor Heyerdahl to determine how the inhabitants originally moved the Moai. by: stowaway Views[2987] The 'Harbour' at Hanga Roa with the remnants of Ahu Tautira (the one facing inland)- many of the stones from the Ahu were used to build the wharf. by: stowaway Views[12984] Map of Easter Island by: stowaway Views[8154] Main street of Hanga Roa looking south by: stowaway Views[2001] Main Street of Hanga Roa looking North by: stowaway Views[2052]
     
    Another rustbucket on the main st of Hanga Roa showing the effects of salt spray & acid rain. by: stowaway Views[2195] at the quarry by: stowaway Views[1347] So what do you guys do for fun in this town? by: stowaway Views[1783] The Start of the runway, with the slope of the Rano Kao volcano to the right. by: stowaway Views[2073] Arrival at Easter Island. Volcano Mungau Orito to the left, volcano Rano Kau to the right. by: stowaway Views[4441]
     
    The Topknot of a Moai. Made of red scoria, it is meant to be hair, not a hat. Especially not a D.E.V.O. flowerpot hat. by: stowaway Views[2159] The back (seaward) wall of an Ahu with its very tightly fitting shaped blocks that hold in the volcanic rubble fill. by: stowaway Views[1394] Faces in the ground by: stowaway Views[1180] Ahu Ko Te Riku has a restored Moai with a pukao (topknot of red scoria), and eyes made of white coral by: stowaway Views[1722] The small island where they held a yearly competition to be the first to swim out to it, find a seagull egg, and climb up the cliffs to the highest point of the island with the unbroken egg. as you do. by: stowaway Views[1524]
     
    Rano Kau crater rim & lake by: stowaway Views[1251] Part of the 'Birdman village', on the crater rim of the Rano Kau volcano. by: stowaway Views[2108] Ahu Ature Huki at Anakena Beach by: stowaway Views[4277] back of Ahu Nau Nau, at Anakena Beach by: stowaway Views[1592] The original DEVO lineup on Ahu Nau Nau, at Anakena beach, Easter Island by: stowaway Views[3451]
     
    Unfinished Moai in the quarry at Rano Raraku by: stowaway Views[2367] Stowaway & Moai friends on Easter Island by: stowaway Views[2385] Moai & Me by: stowaway Views[1417] The only kneeling Moai on Easter Island. Ahu Tongariki is in the far distance with it's 15 restored Moai. by: stowaway Views[1789] More Moai in the quarry that never
     
    at the by: stowaway Views[1736] The 'town' Moai, by the 'Harbour' of Hanga Roa by: stowaway Views[1498] Completed Moai at the quarry. They were slid down the cliff/hillside on their backs, and guided into a pit where they were stood upright & had the carvings completed on their backs. These ones were never moved from here to their Ahu on the coast, and their pits have slowly filled in, burying them up to their necks. by: stowaway Views[1397] Ahu Tongariki, with its 15 resored Moai by: stowaway Views[1572]
     
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