Watching the sunrise at Ahu Tongariki, at the northeast end of Easter Island, is a popular activity. For a few months of the year, the sun rises directly over the Pacific Ocean behind the ahu ...

About one mile east of Rano Raraku volcano is Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu complex on Easter Island with 15 moai statues. We first saw it from above while walking through Rano Raraku.

"On a crisp September morning, I rushed out to Ahu Tongariki near Rano Raraku in order to see the sun rise over the 15 moai." Jon Canfield Easter Island Moai. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam ...

There are 887 moai scattered across Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as the islanders call it, and these 15 were standing on the Ahu Tongariki plinth, the largest ceremonial structure on the remote ...

Ahu Tongariki, an ancient stone platform on the southeast shore, is home to 15 statues standing shoulder-to-shoulder, silhouetted against the sky. ... Easter Island's main town, ...

The sun rises Nov. 26 behind a line of moais statues on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, in Chile. AP Moais statues stand Nov. 27 on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, in Chile.

Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Sunday, Nov, 27, 2022. Each monolithic human figure carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui people ...

The history of Easter Island and the moai statues. ... Horses graze next to the the Moais at Ahu Tongariki archaeological site in Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile November 15, 2022.

Sunrise over Ahu Tongariki Moai in Easter Island, Chile. The discovery of crystal "time capsules" on the island has challenged the idea that the Earth’s crust and mantle might move together like ...

The sun rises behind a line of moai statues on Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile, on Nov. 26, 2022. The statues were damaged in an October wildfire. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ...

There are 887 moai scattered across Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as the islanders call it, and these 15 were standing on the Ahu Tongariki plinth, the largest ceremonial structure on the remote ...