Located over 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands. It's famous for the enormous stone statues known as moai, which were erected ...

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A fire on Easter Island caused severe damage to multiple iconic Easter Island heads, photos show. The fire scorched about 250 acres of Easter Island, also known by its indigenous name 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 ...

Chilean and local authorities were working to assess damage to famous stone statues on Easter Island after a fire sparked earlier this week on the remote territory. The fire, which began Tuesday ...

A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter ... Easter Island, 3700 km off the Chilean coast in the Pacific Ocean, on August 5, 2022. (Photo by PABLO COZZAGLIO/AFP via Getty Images) The ...

Moai statues on Easter Island Photo by Andia / Universal Images Group / Getty Images Last week, a fire spread through Easter Island and caused permanent damage to the area’s iconic statues ...

I’m delighted to say that in October 2024 Astronomy magazine will partner with our tour guide friends at Eclipse Traveler, carrying us to Chile and the magical site of Easter Island. Wednesday ...

And then, yesterday, we made the 5½-hour flight westward from the Chilean coast to one of the most remote and storied places on the planet I had not yet been to, Easter Island. Today we had one ...