Rano Raraku, Easter Island
Upon closer inspection, there were actually
two
moai being carved here. The one in the front looks like it was nearly finished, though now partly covered up by soil. The one in the background was still a work in progress. The statues were freed from the rock by chiseling out underneath them until they stood on a thin keel of rock. Holes were knocked into them, logs inserted, then the remaining rock broken out, letting the moai rest on the logs. The heavy use of logs for transport helped considerably in the deforestation of the island. Nobody was here when I took the photo, so I have no measure to compare them to. However, I have seen a photo on the web somewhere that showed a man standing at the nose on the left, and he was about the same height as the nose from the ground. So, it is big.
©2000, Jeffrey L. Cooper
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