Hundreds of monumental stone heads dot the coastline of the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island ... and near-infrared data gathered by satellite. “What we use in this paper ...

Easter Island never had a catastrophic ... their differing moisture and mineral contents. In looking at satellite imagery from the island, the researchers discovered that rock gardening was ...

For centuries, Western scholars have touted the fate of the native population on Easter ... the island's rock-garden capacity, which relied on near-infrared bands from satellite images.

A "ring of fire" shines over Easter Island in a spectacular new image of the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2. A "ring of fire" shines over Easter Island in a spectacular new image of the annular ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ... Polynesian island,” she said. A study published in June, based on satellite imagery of land once used to grow food, reached a similar conclusion.