Easter Eclipse

Yesterday (July 11) there was a total solar eclipse directly over Easter Island.

I thought sure I was going to read today that some amazing insight had been imparted to the thousands of people who had gathered on the island.

For those of you who may not be familiar with Easter Island, it is located off the western coast of Chile in the Pacific Ocean. The 63 square mile body of land is most famous for the moai - 82 ton figures carved from stone - that have been standing like sentinels for close to, if not more than a thousand years.

Surely, I thought, some great cosmic awakening had to happen when such a mystery filled Island slipped into total darkness mid-day.

At the very least I expected to read that when the sun reappeared all of the stone figures had rearranged themselves.

Either the mass of people who flocked to Easter Island for the eclipse aren't sharing their new found knowledge.

Or - as in the movie Night in The Museum- the stone figures all started chanting yum-yum dumb-dumb and the tourists are ashamed to admit they spent thousands of dollars for such meaningless drivel.