Easter Island

[UltraBudgie]

Here is a picture of the Milky Way galaxy over Easter Island. There is something I find very peaceful, today especially, about the juxtaposition of those ageless stone sentinels and celestial eternity, with all the worldly chaos and strife in between nowhere to be seen.

You can also see Rho Ophiuchi, in the middle left.


It is said that some of these statues go deep into the Earth. And of course the one oddball in the background checking out his shoes is hilarious.

So, what's up with Easter Island?



Edit: Ah I just looked and of course there is more meaty thread here: Easter Island people... the narrative may be wrong

[Sirius]

nice photo though

[Maxmars]

Beautiful in and of itself!

Thanks for that!

Imagine a time long past when the air was clearer and not diminished with chemical soot...

The people of Rapa Nui may have actually seen something just like that as a normal vista.

Children playing under the stars...


... alas no more.

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

A lot of erosion.

There's a lot of myth, like ecological population collapse, but they were quite resourceful. Unfortunately their forest resources were limited and they may have used too many palm trees to move giant statues into place.

Volcanic islands are already notorious for soil erosion, and even moreso when you cut down all the trees.

[Sirius]

This has been on my mind allot lately actually, ever since the new documentary. Whatever happened to ley lines?

[Tecate]

That my friend is a very calming photo.

I can imagine the people who were still awake gazing with wonder at the surroundings of their existence.

Thank you for sharing this.

Tecate