Ahu Tongariki at Sunrise, Easter Island — Dawn light silhouettes the fifteen moai of Ahu Tongariki against a warming Pacific sky, one of the most photographed vistas on Rapa Nui. The statues vary in height from 5 to nearly 9 meters, reflecting centuries of evolving carving ambition among the island’s competing clans.
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