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Credit & Copyright: Josh Dury
Explanation:
Why were the statues on Easter Island built?
No one is sure.
What is sure is that over 900 large stone statues called
moais exist there.
The
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) moais stand, on average,
over twice as tall as a person and have over 200 times as much mass.
It is thought that the
unusual statues were created about 600 years ago
in the images of local leaders of a vibrant and ancient civilization.
Rapa Nui has been declared by
UNESCO to a
World Heritage Site.
Pictured here,
some of the
stone giants were imaged last month under the
central band of our
Milky Way galaxy.
Previously
unknown moais are
still
being discovered.
Alternative Multi-APOD Front Page:
MyUniverseHub.com
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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Milky Way
Publications with words: Milky Way
See also:
- APOD: 2024 November 24 Á Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 29 Á Milky Way over Uluru
- APOD: 2024 May 29 Á Stairway to the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory