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To observe the hybrid (annular-total) solar eclipse on April 8, 2005, I had first planned to go near the Oeno Atoll (Pacific Ocean - 1,500 mi from Tahiti) on a sailing catamaran. In the end because of a lack of time, I finally switched to a 15-day cruise on board the Radisson M/S Paul Gauguin. This cruise ship, the most luxurious one sailing French Polynesia year-round, was rerouted to offer a cruise, departing from Tahiti, that will permit to observe this eclipse. Click on thumbnails for a larger version
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![Paul Gauguin Grave Graveyard Atuona Hiva Oa Island Marquesas](javascript:openSlideWindow(2, '', '../../../site_images/HSE_2005/', 'PaulGauguin_Grave.jpg', 51, 69, 1024, 681, 'centered', 'Grave of Paul Gauguin in the Atuona graveyard on Hiva Oa Island, Marquesas', 'The "killer" Oviri goddess, crushes a wolf with her feet and chokes a wolf cub under her arm. The face, as if mummified, evokes the destruction of the civilized ego that Gauguin believes necessary for his artist regeneration. The etymological meaning of Oviri is "fundamentally folded up on its being". For Gauguin Oviri means "wild" : Oviri becomes his emblem. In October 1900, he demands that this vase decorates his tomb in Tahiti.', 'en', 1);)
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, 2.375 inhabitants.<br>Taiohae, the administrative capital and archdiocese, is towered by Mount Muake (864 meters - 2,835 feet), and sheltered in an harbor protected by two rocky outcrops, the East and West Sentinels.<br>The best sites are located to the east of the village: the "paepae" Piki Vehine or Temehea, ornated by multiple giant tiki was made recently for a marquesian festival, and the Notre-Dame of the Marquesas cathedral is built with colored stones from the six marquesian islands. One can visit the interior of the Notre-Dame of the Marquesas cathedral with its precious wooden carvings, illustrating the religious marquesian art.<br>In the other part of the village, the dedicated headstone, of the novelist and adventurer Herman Melville, is a wooden sculptural work made by a local artist.', 'en', 1);)
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