Aku-Aku Eclipse Easter Island July 11th, 2010

Petroglyphs at Papa Vaka

This site, just off the north coastal road, has a fine collection of petroglyphs carved on slabs of basalt which emerge from the ground. We were lucky to visit the site late in the afternoon on a clear day (after the eclipse, as a matter of fact), where the oblique Sun nicely highlighted the shallow carvings.

Some of the petroglyphs can be difficult to figure out, but these are pretty clearly a fish and maybe an octopus.

Here are a tuna above and, below it and to the right, a shark with more dorsal fins than I'm aware of any species being equipped.

by John Walker July 20th, 2010

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