According to one widely held view, a small band of Polynesian settlers, perhaps no more than a few dozen people, arrived on the Easter ... Spotted in Satellite Images For Sale: Island with ...

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 ...

A widely accepted narrative suggested that the inhabitants of Easter Island ... that gardens covered 10 percent of the island. Previous studies using satellite imagery misidentified various ...

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.

The island's official Spanish name, Isla de Pascua, is Spanish for "Easter Island." It is 2,200 miles (3,600 km) west of continental Chile and 1,290 miles (2,075 km) east of the Pitcairn Islands.