Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a small island located in the southeast Pacific Ocean. It is most famous for nearly ...
On Wednesday (Oct. 2), an annular eclipse swept over the Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Argentina, wowing skywatchers who were on ...
On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives and one ...
The moai, carved from volcanic tuff, are threatened by rising sea levels and climate changes worsened by global warming.
See some of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.
A gold ring eclipse was observed on Easter Island in Chile and parts of the southern hemisphere, with only the edge of the ...
Here are some of the best photos of the 2024 annular solar eclipse as it traveled over Easter Island and South America. The "ring of fire" put on an incredible show.
Researchers created a seismic map of Earth's interior beneath the southeastern Pacific Ocean and discovered an ancient slab ...