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NASA Landsat 8 satellite view of Nikumaroro atoll in Kiribati's Phoenix Islands, taken July 28, 2014: a ring of reef around the lagoon, nine months before the Taraia Object first appears in imagery.

Taraia Object Was Likely Trees. The Castaway Case Rests on Older Clues

A Y-shaped fragment is all that remains of the Taraia Object. The expedition's own plan called a null result a successful test; the older castaway evidence is where the argument still lives.

Culture  · 19 Oct 2026, 12:43  · Maya Calder