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Easter Island's greatest guide educated and entertained us with endless anecdotes.
Edmundo explaining the geology of the crater which gathers and supplies the island's water today. We are 500 feet above sea level.
15 Moai at the largest altar. They were destroyed by a gigantic tidal wave in 1960 and later restored by the University of Chile.
Dressed with red hat and white eyes as it would have originally appeared.
Moai were carved here before moving to a site. They averaged 18 tons and stood 19 feet high. .
End of day on Easter Island and our adventure to the bottom of the world.

 

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