This is a now rare view of Ahu Tongariti. This site on Easter Island was the location of the largest of the Easter Island Ahu. 15 Moai and the platform that supported them framed a view out to the South Pacific.

In 1960, an earthquake in Chile triggered a tidal wave, which hit the coast of Easter Island at Tongariki. The tidal wave sent the 15 Tongariki moai-- some of which weigh 30 tons-- several hundred feet inland. This view, taken in 1990 shows one of those moai where it fell. In the background, the quarry of Rano Raraku where it was born. In 1992 that the site was restored, under the direction of Chilean archaeologist, Claudio Cristino. The task took five years and all 15 of the Moai are now standing together again for the first time in 1000 years. But this unique view is gone forever.