Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile Sep 14, 2024

Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile

Welcome to Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, one of the world"s most remote and enchanting paradises, roughly 2,330 miles west of mainland Chile. Famous for its iconic moai statues, Rapa Nui boasts breathtaking landscapes and rich cultural heritage. Experts are divided on when the island"s ancestral inhabitants first arrived from Polynesia, though many researchers suggest it was around the 8th century. Take in the mesmerizing sunrise featured in today"s image and explore the striking volcanic craters and lush, grassy plains where the imposing statues stand. The World Heritage property of Easter Island spans more than 17,000 acres, including four nearby islets.

© Piriya Photography/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Sep 14, 2018Back to the nest
Sep 14, 2019I am the walrus
Sep 14, 2020Tiny fliers head south
Sep 14, 2021Behold the mighty Aldeyjarfoss
Sep 14, 2022Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon
Sep 14, 2023Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 24, 2023Shark Fin Cove, California
Apr 14, 2018It’s National Dolphin Day!
Feb 19, 2019A dreamy start to the Year of the Pig
Mar 2, 2024Modica, Sicily, Italy
May 22, 2019The artists come to Venice
May 22, 2018Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park
Jun 28, 2025Pride 2025
Oct 17, 2018Let’s talk fossils
Feb 9, 2024Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 3, 2018Celebrating World Wildlife Day
Jul 3, 2020Dog days of summer
Oct 23, 2020Saskatchewan s spookier side
Dec 15, 2021The Hermitage of Santa Justa
Apr 30, 2025International Jazz Day
Oct 2, 2019Wild scene on the Merced River
Nov 25, 2022Native American Heritage Day
Jun 25, 2019Sutherland Falls in Fiordland National Park
Mar 30, 2022Belted Galloway cows
Nov 12, 2024Arches National Park anniversary
Mar 28, 2020The meeting point of the winds
Mar 3, 2023Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
Dec 30, 2021Westerheversand Lighthouse
May 17, 2021Happy Syttende Mai!
Mar 26, 2019The forecast calls for blooms
Feb 15, 2019Snow aglow in central Japan
Feb 14, 2022Maldives
Nov 4, 2020Caribou on the move
Feb 20, 2020Après-ski in the Dolomites
Jun 21, 2024World Giraffe Day
Jun 16, 2022Seonam Temple, South Korea