Eclipse success on Easter Island. The “ring of fire” eclipse of Oct. 2, 2024, was a spectacular celestial event — and Dave Eicher saw it from an equally spectacular setting.

Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean is famous for its instantly recognisable statues known as the moai. And while the monuments draw tens of thousands of visitors a year to one of the world’s ...

The island was deemed by astronomers the best place to witness Sunday’s eclipse generated by the alignment of sun, moon and Earth for a fleeting four minutes and 41 seconds.

Yesterday a total solar eclipse fell across the South Pacific, bringing thousands of tourists and scientists to Easter Island to witness it. We’ve got pictures from this historic and vaguely ...

I was there with eclipse-chaser experts Astro Trails, who I joined in Santiago, Chile to take a five-hour flight to the tiny Chilean island, 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) east of Pitcairn Island ...