2) a ring of fire appeared in the sky over one of the most isolated ... view was arguably from the Pacific island of Rapa Nui ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile. Visiting Easter Island ...

How did the first inhabitants of Easter Island arrive? It is the most remote ... the stars and other signs that came from the ocean and sky. Navigation was a precise science, a learned art that ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Not because they will ... The only other place it's viewable from will be Easter Island, 3,700 kilometers) off the Chilean ...

6. Night photography at Tongariki The Southern Hemisphere night sky is spectacular, largely because it’s possible to see the galaxy’s bright core. On Easter Island, a vast and bright Milky Way ...

Van Tilburg concludes, "The moai thus mediates between sky and earth, people and chiefs, and chiefs and gods." The word "ahu" has two meanings in Easter Island culture. First, an ahu is the flat ...