Mataiva is a coral atoll inward the Tuamotu Archipelago , inward French Polynesia , located nearly 311 km northward of the isle of Tahiti. The ring-shaped isle is the rim of a partially submerged volcanic cone which has eroded as well as sunk beneath the ocean surface. Over fourth dimension coral reefs convey established unopen to the cone at shallow depth , spell the caldera became a lagoon.
A striking characteristic of Mataiva is the network of ridges , appearing inward white inward satellite as well as overhead photos , inward the primal lagoon. This ridges are formed past times eroded coral reefs that convey morphed into linear rocky structures some l to 300 meters wide. The reticulated honeycomb construction forms nearly 70 shallow pools inside the lagoon having an average depth of nearly 8 meters. The ridge themselves are submerged nearly a meter below the H2O surface. The varying depths of these basins as well as the clear H2O gives the lagoon a blueish as well as greenish tessellated appearance when viewed from above.
left the isle inward ruins as well as uninhabitable. Mataiva inhabitants doesn’t desire the same fate to befall on their paradise. Instead , their economic scheme is fueled to a greater extent than oftentimes than non through vanilla as well as kokosnoot tillage , angling as well as tourism.
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The hamlet of Pahua. Photo credit: Mermoz/Panoramio
Photo credit: Mermoz/Panoramio
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Photo credit: Christian Chene/Flickr
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Sources: Wikipedia / NASA / www.tahititravel.com.au / The Indian Ocean: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Perspective , Volume 2 past times Rabin Sen Gupta