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Tetiaroa Island, French Polynesia
February 16, 2009
Tetiaroa Island, French Polynesia

This astronaut photograph shows Tetiaroa Island, part of the Society Islands archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. Tetiaroa is an atoll comprised of thirteen small islets.

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