Archival Images Combed for Signs of Amelia Earhart

The story of Amelia Earhart's disappearance remains unresolved, but historians haven't stopped searching for answers. Recently-recovered images provide further insight into her travels.

Aerial View

Image: RNZAF

This aerial view of a remote island could be one of the last sights Amelia Earhart saw as a pilot when she flew over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937 in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator.

Taken 18 months after the legendary aviator's disappearance, the photo shows a patch of the coast of Nikumaroro, an uninhabited tropical atoll in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati, which is believed to be Earhart's final resting place by researchers of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR). Read more...