Nukuoro Atoll. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of Nukuoro Atoll,one of 607 islands that form part of the Federated States of Micronesia. This atoll is part of the Caroline Island chain,which stretches north-east of Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific. About 900 people live on the atoll whose lagoon is 6 kilometres in diameter. Patches of vegetation (green) are where fields and forests have been established on land built up by the wind. The lagoon water is calm compared to the waves seen on the ocean waters. Coral heads are present in the lagoon,one at centre. Photographed by an Expedition 13 crew member on 31 May 2006 | |
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