File:Maupiti Island.jpg
Summary
Maupiti consists of a central island poking 213 meters above the sea surface, framed by low-profile <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Serpentine" title="Category:Serpentine">serpentine</a> islands and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Coral_reefs" title="Category:Coral reefs">coral reefs</a> that enclose a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lagoons" title="Category:Lagoons">lagoon</a>. The water inside the lagoon glows electric blue, surrounded by much paler blues of fringing coral reefs. Waves breaking on Maupiti’s south-western shores appear brilliant white. Above the water line, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Forests" title="Category:Forests">forests</a> carpet the islands. Only on the central island does the land rise high enough to cast a discernible shadow, and because this island sits in the Southern Hemisphere, the shadow falls to the south at this time of year. On the north-eastern fringing island, the landing strip of a tiny <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">airport</a> cuts a long east-west line across vegetated land and coral reef.
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| current | 15:02, 17 January 2017 | | 3,055 × 2,059 (586 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Maupiti consists of a central island poking 213 meters above the sea surface, framed by low-profile <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Serpentine" title="Category:Serpentine">serpentine</a> islands and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Coral_reefs" title="Category:Coral reefs">coral reefs</a> that enclose a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lagoons" title="Category:Lagoons">lagoon</a>. The water inside the lagoon glows electric blue, surrounded by much paler blues of fringing coral reefs. Waves breaking on Maupiti’s south-western shores appear brilliant white. Above the water line, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Forests" title="Category:Forests">forests</a> carpet the islands. Only on the central island does the land rise high enough to cast a discernible shadow, and because this island sits in the Southern Hemisphere, the shadow falls to the south at this time of year. On the north-eastern fringing island, the landing strip of a tiny <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">airport</a> cuts a long east-west line across vegetated land and coral reef. |
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