[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Southwestern Pacific Ocean [{Image src='150pp.jpg' width='640' height='480' caption='Image courtesy of NASA. ' popup='false' alt='Southwestern Pacific Ocean ' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Southwestern Pacific Ocean '}] \\ A sun glint on the southwestern Pacific Ocean as photographed from an Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit. The island is Bougainville in Papua New Guinea; the horizon of the Earth appears in the background. The picture was taken at an altitude of 231 km (143 mi).