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A single restored moai stands watch at Ahu Tongariki and serene Hanga Nui Bay.
Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu and its moais were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami. It has since been restored and has fifteen moai, including one that weighs eighty-six tons, the heaviest ever erected on the island.
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- RANDY OLSON
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- Easter Island_National Geographic magazine 7/2012
