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Historical Quarry Site on the Outer Slope of Rano Raraku, Easter Island, Chile

(Chosen as Group Cover Photo of ``LEVEL-1 : Peace Awards`` Group on August 21, 2022)

(Chosen as Group Cover Photo of ``LEVEL-4 : The Very Best of Peace`` Group on March 17, 2023)

 

Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka on Easter Island in Chile.

It was a quarry for about 500 years until the early eighteenth century, and supplied the stone from which about 95% of the island's known monolithic sculptures (moai) were carved.

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Uploaded on August 20, 2018
Taken on March 18, 2017