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Me next to a moai replica in Hanga Roa
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View from Dos Ventanas Cave
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Ahu Tahai with Hanga Roa in the background
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Exposed moai at the Rano Raraku quarry
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View of Hanga Nui and the Poike Peninsula from the top of Rano Raraku
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Me in front of Ahu Tongariki
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Ahu Tongariki -- many moai
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Another view of Ahu Tongariki
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Me inside Dos Ventanas Cave
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Me at Ahu Akivi
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Stone houses at the Orongo ceremonial village
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Me with Motu Kao Kao, Motu Iti, and Motu Nui in the background (these small islands were the centerpiece of the birdman cult in the 18th and 19th centuries)
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Sunset behind Ahu Tahai
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Playa de Anakena and Ahu Nau Nau
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Te Pito te Henua ("the navel of the world")
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Another view of Ahu Nau Nau
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Looking up at the moai of Ahu Nau Nau
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Me at the southeastern edge of the Ranu Kau volcanic crater
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Mars or the Poike Peninsula?
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Me at the far eastern end of the Poike Peninsula
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The road to the Poike Peninsula
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Me at Maunga Terevaka -- the highest point on Easter Island at 474 meters
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Looking southwest towards Hanga Roa from Maunga Terevaka
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View of Playa de Anakena from Maunga Puha
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Hanga Roa -- the only town on the island (approx. population 3000)
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Petroglyph on the north coast
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Lonely moai on the northwest coast
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Big waves crashing on the west coast (Hanga Roa is in the background)
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Waves crashing behind Ahu Tahai
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Another view of Ahu Tahai with Hanga Roa in the background