Vai Atare is on the southeast side of Rano Kanu crater on Easter Island, where in the later days before European contact the Birdman competators raced down this cliff to swim to the small islands off shore and gather eggs. The cult which raised the great Moai was toppled -figuratively and literally

Vai Atare is on the southeast side of Rano Kanu crater on Easter Island, where in the later days before European contact the Birdman competators raced down this cliff to swim to the small islands off shore and gather eggs. The cult which raised the great Moai was toppled -figuratively and literally - by the militant bird man cult. /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_070514_16918.jpg 8fdbf8538a655ecb8bcd26a6442cc45a Night sky near Flagstaff. /html/../gallery/large/mm7637_070810_0019.jpg 3e410b3f47b58d09507919efcd330ad9 Traditional sailing canoes Hokule'a and Maisu sail near Chuuk Lagoon. /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_070310_15118.jpg e11eed9d28dadf9bc4c24b6b6e14559f Mist rises in Kavakuna cave in New Britain. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060318_0347.jpg 594479eb28ff0bc1db063cc3fa7aca25 James Alker on a travers line in downstream Ora cave. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060224_0152.jpg 7afdb3a81d140c6e2c159efdbcba3460 Rainbow over camp near Krubera - the deepest cave in the world. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02835.jpg d56c2c2d375ad38c4240700d638efe29 Ben Cadel climbs the big drop of Majlis al Jinn, Oman, a cave room over 180 meters tall. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01056.jpg 6704e03acf97b57dce059795ebec041d Stingless jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. /html/../gallery/large/mm7542_070407_02093.jpg a30178b7f598e7bd1bcba0d2262da48f James Alker makes his way into the cave behind Ora waterfall. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060228_0466.jpg 72678b3758feea9a8c0442fd652c7e51 Kevin Davidson kayaks to Uchulins cave in Palau. /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_060616_00890.jpg a355fcaac7cb0267e78567f4287eaf7a Jake, a guide at Sam's Tours, spears fishes in the rock islands on Palau. /html/../gallery/large/mm7542_070410_04235.jpg d1bab3d80e36d38ac935ea5c10108e5e /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090517_17708.jpg e9713aa4334b821cda7a0a55ff3bc85a Meteor Crater in Arizona during an afternoon thunderstorm. /html/../gallery/large/mm7637_070814_0785.jpg eec7e23326d2373fa0ab31fd30d22929 Gosses Bluff meteor crater in Australia, known as Tnorala to the Western Arrernte indigenous people. /html/../gallery/large/mm7637_071026_05333.JPG 34c1a5ce53da972d5aa607576f220b8f Gosses Bluff meteor crater in Australia, known as Tnorala to the Western Arrernte indigenous people. /html/../gallery/large/mm7637_071023_02780.jpg 06a8d9441604dd6014603e7f6f35d312 /html/../gallery/large/mm7637_071107_07444.jpg 51a10c1ee831422e94022bbaad135d7c Full moon rise in Lost Cove. /html/../gallery/large/alv09080700098.JPG 165d73f5aabdc8e77b8b33202c865174 John Benson in the 160' deep Connoly Hole in Tennessee. /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_08070101725.JPG 7e706a70f885ed1ff1f1c948cdbffdc1 Alan Cressler in a decorated passage downstream in Iron Hoop Cave /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_081012_04835.JPG 43d0c7080b0ae5b2aa8c2804e2db3f00 A caver makes his way up a waterfall in Sub Solomon Cave. /html/../gallery/large/alv08121200206.jpg a8c09287fe947eb8e46e3a5ab7cd4477 John Benson in Stephens Gap cave, Alabama. This classic 150' pit gets a wonderful shaft of sunlight down its entrance in the summer months. /html/../gallery/large/MM7741_080627_00855.JPG 5e4dfcefd546b9237ac56dc8cee808bf A temple at Copan, Hondoras, represents the mythical mountain cave where corn was born. /html/../gallery/large/alv_04449.jpg ef1b532793cca561c9d302f70bc8bfe4 The central courtyard of the Louvre features the Pyramid,completed in 1989. /html/../gallery/large/alv_050826_183.jpg eff8d4544fc5f4569343853ff85d1235 Five of the seven moai representing seven ancient explorers at Ahu Akivi at night under the Milky Way. Polynesians used the stars to navigate and orient themselves at sea. /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_070516_17437.jpg 8217a9765ee5cb47f7827c31abda7681 Ora villagers wait for a load of expedition equipment to carry to Ora base camp, a 3 hour walk up the mountain from Ora village. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060127_0012.jpg 561adf96fbc3d58022e03a7e2ea90468 A child soldier guards the ferry crossing the Albert Nile headed toward Moyo, Uganda. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01035.jpg ef3d5c2b41e34f93d240aab5d8a0b976 Mariachi musicians wait in the square to accompany pilgrims in Tila, Mexico. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02160.JPG 05798f9eecbeeb1a7f7eaa5868be6c42 Children run from the spray from waves shooting up through holes in the ceiling of sea caves in Dofar, Oman. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01084.jpg 16f84dc30ad2886bdb742f22425c2908 The Ajq'ij performs a cleansing during a permission ceremony near Santiago Attitlan, Guatemala. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02636.JPG 716d3432204ba6238f07abe998095bf5 A Bedouin guide has a smoke on the edge of the empty quarter near the town of Shisur, Oman. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01050.jpg 8c6440281950bdce62f662d798356a91 Francis Tabu is an orphan in northern Uganda. /html/../gallery/large/alv_00575.jpg 193f36fa2386a62bbb89b9fd6d2b8bb8 A girl at a Halloween Party. /html/../gallery/large/alv08102500205.jpg 8ba7b5802bf349b4f5ddd748ccd29d31 A musician at a Goth Club. /html/../gallery/large/1110651.JPG fcd0523789d68ea46d61999dbd3d7903 Jebali tribesmen at Tawi Attair sinkhole, Dofar, Oman. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01080.jpg 92380ce07c0c1a5ac9b12d6aaf16ec7c Shuttling loads up to Ora base camp from the village. It is a 3.5 hour walk up the mountain on very rough trails. Tini /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060125_0046.jpg f71835e891c2f88e012c5a7b0a624754 Jean-Paul and Moose try to find their positions in the jungle of Papua New Guinea using GPS. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060216_0143.jpg d5f6c047e174f9111189433ee4ba3175 Herman Malbunka, the traditional owner of Tnorala meteor crater in Australia. /html/../gallery/large/mm7637_071026_05279.jpg 17ec797d3fc70d811026ea34e4d973a6 Ben Cadel climbs the big drop of Majlis al Jinn, Oman, a cave room over 180 meters tall. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01326.jpg 4e5205aa2c9d644a7f65d90726ec0c5b Herb Laeger and David Gill light the entrance passage of downstream Ora cave in New Britain. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060217_0202.jpg 19c2897055f40bf04aaf07dab00eaf62 The mighty expanse of the Sand Passage of Kabal Cave is over 700 feet long. /html/../gallery/large/alv_00410.jpg 2ec54dcd14d9e8b767fc0a08d1c29d76 John Wyeth swims through the “limp passage” in Cebada cave, on his way out after spending 8 days underground. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01504.jpg 97babf865d6495317aec1421a68a595b At 281 feet, Mystery Falls is the deepest pit in Tennessee. /html/../gallery/large/alv_00008.jpg 15b253b7caf5d49db0ec026d439fcb79 Most Horrible Thing Ever cave, Tennessee. /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_081004_04118.JPG 74219d19d40feb4f403838817496a0f7 586 foot deep Fantastic Pit is the deepest free fall cave pit in the United States. /html/../gallery/large/alv_04714.jpg 2d733828a1566d291bff3b69b1fd98d8 /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060206_0092.jpg 3fc26f6ea813e4c412eaea4634d3ed1c Matt Oliphant in Mageni Cave. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060305_0012.jpg 87d45951022fedc6009a19da949f396e /html/../gallery/large/alv_01083.jpg d03e70ddcba7e247e5fd58e5f962874e Cavers kiss goodbye before the team descends the deepest cave in the world. They will be underground for almost two weeks. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02861.jpg 53a22ef269ff418d78edfb84938497e7 Philip Rykwalder descends the 333 meter deep Sotano de las Golondrinas in Mexico. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02364.jpg 3ad86a89e6ae59ef8fc1b846bf7886da Cavers ascend Sotano de las Golondrinas, a 333 metre deep pit in Mexico. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02362.jpg 478661ebb15b14891f3cdc44d587be51 Robbie Shone and David Nixon in Mangini Cave. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060308_0099.jpg 753170e8771fa88b87eeab1bee806f3b Sub Solomon cave at high water the day after a five inch rain fall. /html/../gallery/large/alv08121200454.jpg 5755e849397ca1bc7f79b8f04debe2b7 The Rumble Room of Rumbling Falls cave was discovered by a team led by Marion O. Smith. /html/../gallery/large/alv_04718.jpg 16365ad090368943f0850fdffc7222fb The Rumble Room of Rumbling Falls cave was discovered by a team led by Marion O. Smith. /html/../gallery/large/alv_04718.jpg 16365ad090368943f0850fdffc7222fb At 281 feet, Mystery Falls is the deepest pit in Tennessee. /html/../gallery/large/alv_00008.jpg 15b253b7caf5d49db0ec026d439fcb79 Jan Simek in unnamed cave #60 examining prehistoric cave art. /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_081026_05834.jpg bd8fddf1b7fcc91e7d03d1509ac6a94c Aerial of fog over the Paint Rock River Valley, Alabama. /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_081010_04761.jpg 2bde28395a09e41659d9a77277e7718f A caver makes his way up a waterfall in Sub Solomon Cave. /html/../gallery/large/alv08121200206.jpg a8c09287fe947eb8e46e3a5ab7cd4477 Alan Cressler in a decorated passage downstream in Iron Hoop Cave /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_081012_04835.jpg 92533c4571df766c83836aaf42fa9d23 Cave Salamander (Eurycea Lucifuga) in Sub Solomon cave. /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_081005_04157.jpg ee27232a781a32649c842e618b2a4dc9 Phillip Rykwalder at Indianapolis Cave in Tennessee. /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_080928_03977.jpg ca7fcefed9be6ba4874f96266340ebb0 586 foot deep Fantastic Pit is the deepest free fall cave pit in the United States. /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_081017_05105.jpg 3602f982eaf2e26b551c6c2cb62694ae Ridge walking with Marion O Smith, THE classic TAG explorer: He has seen more virgin underground passage than anyone else in the United States /html/../gallery/large/mm7741_081103_06218.jpg 5ad9bcdee6ea45e33e2627c263ec280f Mangini Cave and waterfall in the Iso River Gorge in New Britain. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060124_0195.jpg 87d0b8c13338fb4618717cd0938063f5 Ora villagers wait for a load of expedition equipment to carry to Ora base camp, a 3 hour walk up the mountain from Ora village. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060127_0012.jpg 561adf96fbc3d58022e03a7e2ea90468 The second Ora Doline in New Britain. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060203_0248.jpg d1da6dc18821595bd61b9b03fa692fb0 Robbie Shone has trouble making a river crossing upstream in Ora Cave in New Britain. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060203_0267.jpg 911d695b95fb0cc11fe4c8f9a3a785ef /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060203_0423.jpg f9e687cb4db2d9358909e4e03aa83d7a /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060206_0092.jpg 3fc26f6ea813e4c412eaea4634d3ed1c Herb Laeger and David Gill light the entrance passage of downstream Ora cave in New Britain. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060217_0202.jpg 19c2897055f40bf04aaf07dab00eaf62 Nancy Pistole and Matt Oliphant light Myo Lake in New Britain. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060222_0050.jpg c72ec5291ac538a6bd1dffd6c3725486 Nancy Pistole crosses behind Ora falls to get to the cave at the top. The only way around is behind because the river is too high downstream. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060228_0030.jpg 29d36c42b673e6996af6acfc71bec031 James Alker makes his way into the cave behind Ora waterfall. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060228_0466.jpg 72678b3758feea9a8c0442fd652c7e51 Robbie Shone and David Nixon in Mangini Cave. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060308_0099.jpg 753170e8771fa88b87eeab1bee806f3b Mist rises in Kavakuna cave in New Britain. /html/../gallery/large/mm7337_060318_0347.jpg 594479eb28ff0bc1db063cc3fa7aca25 Maya ceremony in Naj Tunich cave, Guatemala. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01257.jpg 8b773779acdeb649b0a8fc7f6ac3591b The Nabeysil or shaman of San Martin leads a ceremony where he replaces the San Martin bundle to its chest. The bundle only comes out 5 times a year. The house door of the house must stay closed during the ceremony or the essence of San Martin will escape and destroy the world. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02637.jpg 70e1687b726eaedd4236ac4547d0904b /html/../gallery/large/portfolioalv080329302.jpg d857055d7d711950f2c3e1848413549d Mariachi musicians wait in the square to accompany pilgrims in Tila on the first day of Corpus Christi. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02161.jpg 7f6b7daf7520321843304854f014bf28 Cannah, the massive main structure at Carocal, is over 110 feet and is the tallest structure in Belize. 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He is then only one who is powerful enough to actually become San Martin during the ceremony. When he is handling the bundle, the doors and windows of the Confredia house are closed and the house becomes an effigy cave. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01273.jpg 327682cba7ab468cbe7ba905e06d79d2 A Maya permission ceremony near Santiago Attitlan, Guatemala. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01279.jpg dcac810747ec97a051ec2ba042c1c9ff /html/../gallery/large/alv_02100.jpg a3e0329be6faf3a264d7575398073bd1 /html/../gallery/large/alv_02140.jpg 069c9eb8fff444ea6e01d437c0978ba8 Mariachi musicians wait in the square to accompany pilgrims in Tila, Mexico. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02160.JPG 05798f9eecbeeb1a7f7eaa5868be6c42 Village women pray over offerings during a Maya Ceremony at La Compuerta, Poptun, Guatemala. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02187.jpg 4de4c8b679d0d5fb8bca36e95ee97ff4 The graveyard in Santiago Attitlan at sunrise. 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2ff8720117c0740e10b56cc4ef2e90f7 Pabbo Camp Catholic Church service. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082400480.jpg 645fbaa2227d8cc42baeb328e3633240 Driving to a peace and reconciliation process led by the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Intiative that is trying to heal the community. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082500463.jpg c3e619401249938b243136d6952e5a6d Pool Game during the Arsenal soccer game in Pabbo Camp. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082400235.jpg e6f3066bd14013827138ee4199cf8917 A Ugandan People's Defense Force soldier guards the ferry across the Albert Nile near Moyo, Uganda. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01022.jpg 64c849d532c3acfd385ca21414d2d135 /html/../gallery/large/alv_01030.jpg 98dd923dea7816c26244838ac8dc8a6b /html/../gallery/large/alv_02757.jpg bbb4dbcbf578c1e1f71f6238d8226d1a A former Lord's Resistance Army abductee in Mongula Refugee Camp in northern Uganda. /html/../gallery/large/alv_00524.jpg 951b16da18a4696c91e7c44ba78aa6e3 Pabbo Camp Catholic Church service. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082400560.jpg cf5e7e8863d654a63114f19e7d82dcf8 On July 22 2002 56 people were masacred at Pajong A, Mucwini, Kitgum District by the LRA. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082500114.jpg a3c51885d4c7a0e02c0d6e06452b3e03 This is a peace and reconciliation process led by the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Intiative that is trying to heal the community after 56 people were masacred at Pajong A, Mucwini, Kitgum District by the Lord's Resistance Army on July 22 2002. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082500225.jpg fd1e1840562c449307341c6c0de19bac A Sudanese orphan at Amazing Grace Orphanage in Adjumani, Uganda. /html/../gallery/large/alv_00587.jpg 80cb7ef3c596a76821ba76ba35c19f61 Traditional Acholi dancing in Gulu. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082800105.jpg c83075e8ec17b493e69a12bf5ee670f7 Traditional Acholi dancing in Gulu. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082800289.jpg 8f670d2e16b933cfd90cd2563ab3ff78 Crusader revival in Gulu. /html/../gallery/large/alv_08082900047.jpg 2bb356003ca809778e96f49076c314f7 Night Commuters make their way home in the early morning in Kitgum, Uganda, after sleeping in town to avoid capture and torture at the hands of the LRA. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02752.jpg d57311df1eff0246243122d504f5782b An attempt at a faith healing of a former LRA soldier who is beset by demons at Pabbo IDP Camp in Gulu District, northern Uganda. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02812.jpg b0ccee746d7df8653bcfc3ce9c21c58c Night Commuters wake before dawn on a shop verandah in Gulu after sleeping in town in order to avoid capture by the Lord's Resistance Army which has kidnapped an estimated 20,000 children to fight in its war. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02771.jpg afe2926ec67a564669c288a4c7745edf Amazing Grace Orphanage's small herd of cattle provide milk meat and money for the orphanage in Adjumani, Uganda. /html/../gallery/large/alv_01025.jpg 229e1bf4a47f3113f7ddc0e81bbecc10 An Acholi boy holds a captured pigeon. /html/../gallery/large/alv_02762.jpg 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/html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090426_03721.jpg 20dc08a13259ec53f8c7eb338de5ccea /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090520_18785.jpg 62476266413d1ed2119c020d6b209384 /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090429_05075.jpg a4870a7aa02ca06f3422dfd353fae713 /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090502_06616.jpg d405e8f13f13b40fc45a229872daafc7 /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090518_18204.jpg b43e1820e884ef0fae059b3e5f7ffb00 /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090502_06437.jpg 2c11a183e4e9361490ea600245e58f3f /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090515_16530.jpg 1d73a1b740736cad4544061f59cdbf95 /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090511_13812.jpg 086568ceb6c6920a8cd17d6c56d211bf /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090517_17900.jpg d90896e418a1bd2644cd9ebc294a24ac /html/../gallery/large/MM7820_090517_17652.jpg 43ee465f05dc07ddace5e362da9c7bc1 Five of the seven moai representing seven ancient explorers at Ahu Akivi at night under the Milky Way. Polynesians used the stars to navigate and orient themselves at sea. /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_070516_17437.jpg 8217a9765ee5cb47f7827c31abda7681 Lava flows into the ocean from the second lava flow at Volcano National Park in Hawaii. /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_070108_10742.jpg 268db5a9aa71f147e74ae1c5e403b9b7 /html/../gallery/large/mm7542_070410_04235.jpg d1bab3d80e36d38ac935ea5c10108e5e Kevin Davidson kayaks to Uchulins cave in Palau. /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_060616_00890.jpg a355fcaac7cb0267e78567f4287eaf7a Aerial photos of Palau's Rock Islands. /html/../gallery/large/mm7542_070411_04644.jpg 5b3dcb1afcf719e65ac49b050b70e017 Omedokl or Bone Cave is home to many ancient burials on Palau. /html/../gallery/large/mm7542_070410_03504.jpg 765bc8071b09daaad54ef593c8b9cbe2 /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_061108_07006.jpg 692cf12d54d648b6809c77435ebac28a /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_070522_18606.jpg 97e9c890702fdc124314351d225261d7 /html/../gallery/large/pmm7434_070514_16896.jpg 32769754cede9850116ffefe1cca7cf5 /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_070113_11278.jpg 3d76df4388fa9193e53361349ab49bc1 /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_061127_09678.jpg 6d8453ebe6761d32af74d5d0127bb051 Traditional sailing canoes Hokule'a and Maisu sail near Chuuk Lagoon. /html/../gallery/large/mm7434_070310_15118.jpg e11eed9d28dadf9bc4c24b6b6e14559f John Burcham hikes out of Meteor Crater Arizona. /html/../gallery/large/mm7637_070813_0477.jpg 442ceebba787cbd405dfac316c5678f0 Transportation in the Chiquibul Forest, Belize. The British military come through in the rain with helicopter support. /html/../gallery/large/alv069927236.jpg 6e52363f8fae12ab5bd087ba3f26ccb4 Stan Allison and Gosha Romer make their way through the mud in the Limp passage in Chiquibul. /html/../gallery/large/alv069916022.jpg 648e64ae1e9d33db0b0fb9d689a70500 Guides lead pack mules to Actun Tunichil Muknal cave. /html/../gallery/large/alv0104012.jpg a1f32f14706e1b18809d3e7ae81fa02a Transportation in the Chiquibul Forest. 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