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Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile
Of all the ahu in Easter Island, the most prestigious and the most impressive one is certainly Tongariki, which has 15 statues located in front of the Rano Raraku quarry.
The statues were toppled during the island's civil wars and in the twentieth century the statues were destroyed by a huge tidal wave in 1960, but the site was restored afterwards, including an 86 tonnes moai that was the heaviest ever erected on the island.
Poike, the oldest volcano:
The Poike volcano was the first piece of land that emerged from the sea and, together with subsequent volcanic eruptions, formed the present territory of Easter Island. Its somewhat remote and isolated location and its difficult access make Poike a little-visited place. However, this mysterious territory contains secret corners and ancient legends that invite to discover it calmly and to know better the past of the island.
Poike, the first volcano on the island:
The name of Poike, usually translated by “hill”, seems to come from the Rapanui expression “Po” (night); “ike” (break) which means “place where the night breaks” because it is the first place on the island that receives the first rays of the rising sun.
Indeed, the Poike is located at the eastern end of Easter Island, and is the oldest of the three main volcanoes on the island, next to the Rano Kau and the Ma’unga Terevaka, which originated their formation. It is estimated that this first eruptive center emerged from the sea about 3 million years ago creating the so-called Poike Peninsula, although its activity was maintained until about 300 thousand years ago. Originally this peninsula was an island but later it was joined to the main body of the island, by lava flows coming from the Terevaka and other nearby volcanic centers.
The Poike is now an inactive volcano with a fairly symmetrical cone shape. The main crater has a circular shape and by its resemblance to a halo of sun or moon was called Pua Katiki, although in another version its name would mean “hill that serves to monitor the cattle.” Unlike other craters, this is totally dry and measures around 150 meters in diameter and about 10 meters deep. Inside a small eucalyptus forest grows that crowns the summit like a leafy green plume visible from afar.
From Pua Katiki, where the Poike reaches a maximum height of 460 meters, a wide plain of gentle slope is observed. which covers an area of about 4.5 km from east to west and 3.5 km from north to south. This large area, almost exclusively covered by a type of grass called here hoi (Sporobolus indicus), ends abruptly on 100-meter-high coastal cliffs formed by the continuous erosion of the sea on the Poike peninsula.
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For some unknown reason, during the period of construction of the large statues, considered the golden age of the island, it is believed that the inhabitants of the Poike peninsula remained separate from the others and hardly participated in the work of carving in the quarries of Rano Raraku.
One proof of its isolation is that only two of the statues found in the Poike are made of the lapilli tuff of the Rano Raraku, while the rest of the statues were made of the white trachyte coming from the Poike deposits.
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21km northeast of Hanga Roa.
Contemplar este imponente lugar en la costa del Océano Pacifico, es el sueño cumplido de la mayoría de los viajeros que después de un largo viaje llegamos a la Isla de Pascua. La Imagen de Ahu Tongariki, junto con las estatuas del cercano volcán “Rano Raraku”, es la que más se ha difundido en libros, revistas y documentales sobre la Isla.
Es la plataforma ceremonial más grande de la isla, con 15 moáis restaurados. Representa la consagración del periodo escultórico de Rapa Nui. El esfuerzo y el gasto tremendos que supone la construcción de tan fastuoso altar ceremonial superan los límites del entendimiento. Con sus 220 m. desde un extremo hasta el otro, es una de las construcciones ceremoniales más grandes de toda Polinesia.
Just came back from a wonderful trip to the Easter Island. So many pictures to unpack. So many memories to cherish.
This shot doesn't has any post production, I only used the lens of my sunglasses like a filter and this is the result... and i love it!
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al fin! revelé el primer rollo de la isla, voy a ir subiendo las fotos esta semana.
Esta foto no tiene ninguna post producción, solo usé el lente de mis anteojos como filtro y este es el resultado... y me encanta!
ADEMÁS DEBO DECIR QUE ESTA FOTO ESTA REGALADA, DANI VALDATTA ESTE ES TU REGALITO DE CUMPLEAÑOS, ESTABA AHI, CON ESE ARTARDECER PLATEADO Y ME ACORDÉ DE TI CUANDO LA SAQUÉ... PUM! TE QUIERO MUCHO, UN BESO Y QUE CUMPLAS MUCHOS MAS!
20230115_8681_7D2-313 Rapanui (015/365)
Rapanui was also know as Shag Rock, now after the February 2011 earthquake it is known as Shag Pile and sometimes Carpet Rock (Shag Pile Carpet!)
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Rapanui as known as Shag rock, this sea stack was reduced to half it’s pre earthquake size in 2011 by numerous earthquakes.
sumner beach
Rapanui stands vigilantly at the entrance to the Ōpāwaho/Ōtākaro (Heathcote/Avon) estuary
reduced in size by half during the 2011 earthquakes
photographing into the sun
Moai statue on the square Hotu Matua in the center of the village of Hanga Roa.
Статуя моаи на площади Хоту Матуа в центре посёлка Ханга-Роа.
"Transit" moai and horses at Vaitea, Rapa Nui. The moai (to the right, lying on its back) is LOC no AMM_013. Difficult to believe its the South Pacific...
Nikon D810 - AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
Lee Big Stopper
Shot on our first day in Christchurch with our two week journey ahead of us.
I can't believe I carried this to the most remote spot on earth for you...along with your tennis shoes to throw over an electrical line, which I just couldn't bring myself to do...funny as it would have been.
Linked to the bird man cult and ceremony and associated with the god Makemake. After the civil wars when the Moai (statues) were toppled the cult of the bird man originated to decide the head clan for one year. The champion of each clan had to descend the very steep cliff swim to the island find a bird egg and return with it unbroken after swimming back and climbing the cliff. The first to do so became the head clan for that year.
Front page Explore#397. July 4,2009
Ahu Tongariki site is the largest Ahu on Rapa Nui/Easter Island
Model: Laurie my wife.
It is one of the most isolated islands in the world but 1200 years ago a double-hulled canoe filled with seafarers from a distant culture landed upon its shores. Over the centuries that followed a remarkable society developed in isolation on the island. For reasons still unknown they began carving giant statues out of volcanic rock. These monuments, known, as "moai" are some of the most incredible ancient relics ever discovered. The people of Easter Island called themselves the Rapa Nui. Where did they come from and why did they disappear? Science has learned much about the enigma of Easter Island and has put to rest some of the more bizarre theories, but questions and controversies remain. Go and Explore this site to get your own conclusions of the island's history.
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Te Pito Kura - Paro moai, the largest statue ever raised over an ahu. It is huge, 10 meters (33ft) high and estimated weight is 80 tons. The moai lies face down and the body is split in half as a result of its collapse. In front of the head lies its gigantic pukao, almost 2 meters (6.6ft) high and about 10 tons in weight. It is believed the moai was knocked down shortly after 1838, as no records are found after that date of it standing.
According to tradition, it was a widow who commissioned the construction of this moai, in memory of her late husband.
Hare paeŋa or boat-shaped house foundation on the northeast coast of Rapa Nui, just northwest of Anakena.
The site falls withinn the Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Landscape (ref. no 715).
What a terrible irony that a photograph that you like, that shows something interesting effectively, has as its scale a colleague that you learned to detest...
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Reconstructed boat-houses that would have been used by the most senior people and their families. The shape resembles that of an inverted boat.
I went to Easter Island because she proposed me the idea to travel there, she is one of mi best friends and parner... a girl who is always when i need her!
to travel with you doesn't compare with nothing my fucking huge sistah!!
this picture was taken in the terrace of our house in Rapanui.
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Fui a Rapanui porque ella me propuso la idea de viajar para allá, ella es una de mis mejores amigas y parner... una mina que esta siempre cuando la necesito (y cuando no tb, jajajaja)
viajar contigo no se compara con nada my fucking sistah!!
Esta foto se la tomé en la terraza de nuestra casa en Rapanui