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The world's best-traveled moai, at Tongariki; in the distance is Rano Raraku.
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The world’s best-traveled moai, at Tongariki; in the distance is Rano Raraku.
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Easter Island’s mysterious moai, giant head statues carved out of volcanic rock, are in danger of being destroyed by years of tropical rains and wind as well as careless humans. Efforts are ongoing to study and preserve the moai, whose mystery draws tourists to the world’s most remote inhabited island.