Southwestern archaeology
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Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon EF 500mm f/4 L IS II USM, 1/800 f/11.0, ISO 1250, mano libera. Roma, Italia. Specie: Tringa glareola
Da vedere in Alta Risoluzione - To see in High Resolution
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Ero sdraiato completamente allo scoperto lungo una stradina della Riserva Naturale della Sentina mentre il sole stava calando. Marche - Italia
Common Sandpiper. I was lying completely out in the open along a lane in the Sentina Nature Reserve as the sun was setting. Marche - Italy
Canon 5d markIV, Canon EF 500mm f/4 IS II ISM con Canon 2.0x III, 1/2000 f/10.0, ISO 2500, mano libera. Roma, Italia.
Prime luci, pancia a terra, capanno mobile....
ancora un'alba senza luce ottimale....ma spero di rifarmi a breve...tenda personale situata su sponda lago (FI)
The Piro Piro Moai is one of the most famous and widespread images of the island. It is located in the first meters of the main path that runs through the quarry, as if to welcome the visitor. His name means bad smell, but not because the statue smells bad, but because it seems that his prominent nose makes a gesture of disgust before a strong aroma.
This unique statue is also distinguished because its huge head of 4 meters is projected forward of the shoulders, showing a “bad posture” as if it were a bit hunchbacked. And if is paid attention to the right part of your neck, it is still possible to read some letters of the word “Baquedano”. This desecration, in the form of ancient graffiti, was carried out by the sailors of the “General Baquedano” school-ship on one of the 20 trips made to Easter Island at the beginning of the 20th century. This inscription made the moai Piro Piro also known as Moai Baquedano.
But in addition to these peculiar details, Piro Piro stands out among the other statues for its enormous dimensions. The explorer Thor Heyerdahl dug into the floor of the moai and discovered that the buried part of the body measured almost twice the height of the visible head. Adding both sides, the total length reached 11 meters, which ranked Piro Piro how the largest standing moai ever extracted from the quarry.
This discovery relegated to the second position the Moai Paro of the ahu Te Pito Kura, which with its almost 10 meters of height still holds the record of the highest moai ever raised on a ceremonial platform.
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The Quarry of the Moai:
Beginning of the 1,500 meter trail.
There are 397 moais that never left the factory or construction site. They never had a platform.
These moais were taken to all sides of the island from here. The hills have several moais of different sizes, positions and many styles. Rano Raraku is not just a megalithic workshop. It represents the maximum development of an ancestral culture.
They began to be sculpted approximately between 1000 and 1600 A.D.
They began to tear down the moais of the platforms approximately between 1770 and 1838 (last time that a foreigner saw a moai standing.
Head is 1/3 or 1/4 the size of a statue. The best way to preserve them is to leave them buried.
Some are 13 meters high.