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| The Wikimedia Commons logo, SVG version.| Original created by Reidab ( PNG version ) SVG version was created by Grunt and cleaned up by 3247 . Re-creation with SVG geometry features by Pumbaa , using a proper partial circle and SVG geometry features. (Former versions used to be slightly warped.)| Reidab , Grunt , 3247 , Pumbaa| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/by-sa.png' alt='CC BY-SA 3.0' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/by-sa-30.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Commons-logo.svg
| The small islands of the central Pacific Ocean often attract the attention of International Space Station (ISS) astronauts as they fly over the largest expanse of water on Earth. This photograph shows the small atoll of Maiao (also spelled Mai’ao), which lies 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) due south of Hawai’i in the Society Islands. The better-known islands in this south-central Pacific chain include Tahiti, 100 kilometers (60 miles) to the east, and Bora Bora, 160 kilometers (100 miles) to the northwest. Measureing less than 6 kilometers (3.6 miles) from north to south, Maiao has a land area of 8.8 square kilometers (3.4 square miles) and a population of about 350 people. Maiao is entirely surrounded by a coral reef, which encloses a bright blue tidal lagoon along the southern shoreline. The two greener interior lakes, Roto Iti and Roto Rahi, are almost entirely cut off from the sea. They have become hypersaline—saltier than seawater—as a result of evaporation. Salt-loving organisms thrive in such lakes and contain pigments that change the color of the water. Much of the atoll is cultivated for coconut oil. Unlike many islands in Polynesia, the people of Maiao decided not to embrace tourism as a major component of their economy. There is no landing strip, and the island can only be reached by a long ferry ride from Tahiti. The landing wharf appears near the northern tip of the atoll, while a road circles most of the island. Astronaut photograph ISS065-E-156801 was acquired on July 3, 2021, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 1150 millimeters. It is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 65 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.| https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149424/maiao-atoll-polynesia| NASA Earth Observatory| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/publicdomain.png' alt='Public domain' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/public-domain-10.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Iss065e156801.jpg
| NASA-Astronautenbild von Maiao, Gesellschaftsinseln, Französisch-Polynesien| http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS002&roll=E&frame=7425| NASA| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/publicdomain.png' alt='Public domain' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/public-domain-10.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Maiao.jpg
| Maiao island (French Polynesia) seen from the sea| Eigenes Werk| Sardon| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/by.png' alt='CC BY 3.0' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/by-30.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Maiao vue du large.jpg
| Plage de Maiao, très fréquentée par les habitants.| Eigenes Werk| Raahiti| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/publicdomain.png' alt='Public domain' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/public-domain-10.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Plagemaiao.JPG
| Une autre photo de la plage de Maiao.| Eigenes Werk| Raahiti| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/publicdomain.png' alt='Public domain' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/public-domain-10.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Plagemaiao2.JPG
| Shiny red button/marker widget. Used to mark the location of something such as a tourist attraction.| Eigenes Werk| Andux| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/publicdomain.png' alt='Public domain' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/public-domain-10.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Red pog.svg
| Positionskarte der Gesellschaftsinseln , Französisch-Polynesien| French Polynesia relief map.svg| French Polynesia relief map.svg : L. Claudel ( Sardon - fr:Sardon ) derivative work: NNW ( Diskussion )| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/by-sa.png' alt='CC BY-SA 3.0' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/by-sa-30.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Society Islands location map.svg
| Unofficial flag of the Leeward Islands (in French, Îles sous le Vent or ISLV for short) of en:French Polynesia . For more information, see the islands' entry on Flags of the World .| Eigenes Werk| Guilherme Paula| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/publicdomain.png' alt='Public domain' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/public-domain-10.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Unofficial flag of the Leeward Islands (Society Islands).svg
| Vue du village de Taora O Mere, située à Maiao| Eigenes Werk| Raahiti| [{Image src='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/images/slim/publicdomain.png' alt='Public domain' align='center' link='https://www.austria-forum.org/cc/public-domain-10.html' target='_blank'}]| Datei:Villagemaiao.JPG
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