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Scientists Find ‘Elixir of Life’ on Easter Island
Claimed to be the most remote inhabited island in the world, Easter Island lies 3,510 kilometres off the coast of Chile, far out in the middle of the world’s largest ocean. Renown for its giant, arcane statues, which once served as a conduit between the living and the dead, Easter Island continues to mystify scientists…
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Total Solar Eclipse Plunges South Pacific into Darkness
A spectacularly rare solar eclipse has projected an 11,000 kilometre arc over the Pacific, thrusting the mysterious Easter Island into near total darkness. At precisely 4:15am AEST, approximately 700 kilometres south-east of Tonga, the lunar umbra (moon’s shadow) completely covered the sun before continuing in an arc towards the east, climaxing at Easter Island at…
