Moais, stone statues of the Rapa Nui culture, in Easter Island, 3700 km off the Chilean coast.
Picture: AFP/Martin Bernetti TOURISTS and scientists poured into Easter Island ahead of this morning's solar eclipse, a mixed blessing of sorts for the tiny Pacific outpost. An estimated 4000 tourists, scientists, photographers, filmmakers and journalists flocked to the Chilean island of only 160 square kilometres at the weekend, doubling the population.
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