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The university where Amelia Earhart taught is going to find out if her legendary plane is sitting at the bottom of the ocean near her likely final resting place.

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[–] Bell@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Numenor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

The island is called Nikumaroro, it's located in the Pacific Ocean. Here is a link to Google maps <Nikumaroro>

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

TIL her plane was anything but a dinky two-seater.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Probably where I got the wrong idea.

[–] Mastema 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Satellite imagery from a decade ago indicated the presence of something that sure looks plane-like under the waters of Nikumaroro Island, an uninhabited spit of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that just happens to be near Earhart's intended flightpath."

[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

Is this different from the image that turned out to be rocks?