It was a different kind of island getaway. Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as quickly. The phantom ...

once used by pirates in the Bahamas. The line of cays stretches around 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) outward from southwest Great Exuma Island in the Exuma district of the Caribbean nation.

A series of images from NASA's Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites have captured the island's appearance in the sea and its near-complete disappearance by the end of the following year. Satellite ...

retreating from view "like an apparition," said NASA Earth Observatory. The OLI (Operational Land Imager) and OLI-2 on the Landsat 8 and 9 satellites captured images showing the island emerge and ...

By the end of the following year, it had nearly eroded away, retreating from view "like an apparition," said NASA Earth Observatory. The OLI (Operational Land Imager) and OLI-2 on the Landsat 8 and 9 ...