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Noumea, New Caledonia, seen from space

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-ocnca-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 52 * 34 cm

This image, taken from the International Space Station on september 13 2003, shows details of New Caledonia's main city, Noumea, which is built on a peninsula that juts into the lagoon on the southwest side of the island. The reefs here face localized problems from pollution and overfishing.

Keywords for this photo:

2003 - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 7 - FRANCE - ISLAND - LAGOON - MELANESIA - NEW CALEDONIA - NOUMEA - OCEAN - OCEANIA - PACIFIC OCEAN - POSTER - WATER -