Easter Island

Rapa Nui, Chile

eyed moai afternoon light
Milky Way and Moai
star moai dark
Mystery
Mystery
tahai moai
pano eyed moai sunbeams
Moais
Baby and Mom
Anakena Beach
Sunrise
pano dawn long exposure
Moai Clouds
See how small the people are relative to the moai.
Moai with people
There are wild horses all over the island. You really have to watch for them on the roads at night.
Wild horses
Foal
This mountain is the "factory" where they carved the moai and then slid them down the hill and moved them to their final locations. These moai were either broken on the way down, or were scheduled to be moved, but for unknown reasons, never were.
moai factory
horses and moai
Notice the moai that was being carved in the upper left and also laying down in the lower right.
Moai
Heads like this are scattered around the island.
Face the grass
Hills and Moai
Tapati Festival, body surfing competition
surfing pano
Dressed like their ancestors for the events
tapati men
swimming out
Old and new
swimming out1
Paddling
Come on judges, are you blind?
Come judges
Coming In
Eye Candy
Cheering them
Flying

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