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Moai. Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s. Moai or moʻai (/ ˈmoʊ.aɪ / ⓘ MOH-eye; Spanish: moái; Rapa Nui: moʻai, lit. 'statue') are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500. [1 ...
715. Inscription. 1995 (19th Session) Area. 71.3 km 2 (27.5 sq mi) Easter Island (Spanish: Isla de Pascua, [ˈisla ðe ˈpaskwa]; Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i]) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.
Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on Earth, Easter Island (also called Rapa Nui), located in the mid- Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated. Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease, civil war, environmental collapse, slave raids, various colonial contacts, [1 ...
A launch abort to Easter Island sets off the events of Lee Correy's 1981 novel Shuttle Down. A detailed RTLS maneuver is depicted in astronaut Mike Mullane's 1993 technothriller novel Red Sky: A Novel of Love, Space, & War. The use of the inflight crew escape system (ICES) was depicted in the 2000 sci-fi film Space Cowboys.
Launch Party. " Launch Party " is the fifth and sixth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth episode overall. The episode was written by Jennifer Celotta and directed by Ken Whittingham. It first aired in the United States on October 11, 2007, on NBC.
Box office. $305,070. Rapa-Nui is a 1994 American historical action-adventure film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-produced by Kevin Costner, who starred in Reynolds's previous film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). The plot is based on Rapa Nui legends of Easter Island, Chile, in particular the race for the sooty tern 's egg in the ...
Ceremonial ship launching. Ceremonial ship launching involves the performing of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water. It is a nautical tradition in many cultures, dating back millennia, to accompany the physical process with ceremonies which have been observed as public celebration and a solemn blessing ...
Produced by David Anderle for Monument Records. Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California. Recorded and mixed by Kent Nebergall, assisted by Peggy McCreary. Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab. Production assistant: Ellen Vogt. Cover design: John Berg. Cover photo: Francesco Scavullo. Back cover photo: Luis Villota.