ISS005E13941 "Image courtesy of the Image Analysis
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TOAU
Toau atoll seen from the Space Shuttle.
ISS004E6687 "Image courtesy of the Image Analysis
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Toau atoll seen from the Space Shuttle.
ISS002-709-55 "Image courtesy of the Image Analysis
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Toau atoll seen from the Space Shuttle.
ISS004E6686 "Image courtesy of the Image Analysis
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NIAU
Niau atoll seen from the Space Shuttle.
ISS004E3328 "Image courtesy of the Image Analysis
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FAKARAVA
Fakarava is
shaped like a rectangle with a length of 60 kilometers and a width of 25 kilometers.
Fakarava is the second biggest atoll of the Tuamotu after Rangiroa. Fakarava’s first
European visitor was Russian navigator Bellingshausen in 1820. The main village of Rotoava
is located in the northeastern corner of the atoll. The 1996 census found 467 people
living on Fakarava, making a living from copra, mother-of-pearl and Tahiti cultured pearl
farms.
Fakarava atoll seen from the Space
Shuttle.
ISS002-709-56 "Image
courtesy of the Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center":
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Fakarava atoll seen from the Space Shuttle.
ISS004E6696 "Image courtesy of the Image Analysis
Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center": http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Fakarava atoll seen from the Space Shuttle.
ISS004E6695 "Image courtesy of the Image Analysis
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KAUEHI
Kauehi atoll seen from the Space Shuttle.
ISS005E13962 "Image courtesy of the Image Analysis
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