National Geographic reported in 2022 that there were 1,043 complete statues on Easter Island. The moai are carved out of volcanic stone. Most face inland, except for seven that face the ocean.

Between A.D. 1000 and 1600, the people of Easter Island, a small island isolated in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, carved about 900 massive statues from an ancient volcano. These austere-faced ...

But the most spectacular view was arguably from the Pacific island of Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island), where ... of ...

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 only about 15 miles wide and about ... where it may be possible to see the two points of a “smiley face” crescent sun poke above the horizon. A very slight partial solar ...