Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a small island located in the southeast Pacific Ocean. It is most famous for nearly ...

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ...

The “ring of fire” eclipse of 2024 was a spectacular celestial event — and Dave Eicher saw it from an equally spectacular ...

A NEW study has shed light on a 400-year-old indigenous tribe on a mysterious island in the Pacific Ocean. It was previously believed that the indigenous population on Easter Island had collapsed ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina >> The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean this afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular “ring of fire” ...

Monolithic human figures called moai carved by Easter Island inhabitants ... the Rapa Nui people cut down a large number of the island’s native palm trees to either make fields for agriculture ...

A few privileged skywatchers gathered on Chile's Easter Island on Wednesday to prepare to observe a solar eclipse. Visitors ...

Easter Island, located in the Pacific Ocean 3,700km from the coast of Chile, is best known for the enigmatic "moai" stone statues of humans carved by the Rapanui people. A widespread theory ...

The view east, with the moai seeming to tumble down the slopes of Rano Raraku and the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop, was one of my favorite scenes on Easter Island. Tour guides lead their groups ...

On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives and one of the most remote places on Earth — to witness an annular solar eclipse.

Easter Island, located in the Pacific Ocean 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) from the coast of Chile, is best known for the enigmatic "moai" stone statues of humans carved by the Rapanui people.

"The ring of fire is a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Rocio Garcia, a tourist on Easter Island told Reuters on Tuesday. "Especially here in Rapa Nui with the Moai in the background it will be ...