Diego Garcia, composite ISS image
Composite image of Diego Garcia photographed from the International Space Station (ISS) by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Diego Garcia is the largest of the coral atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, which lies just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. It is a British Indian Ocean Territory that serves as a joint UK-USA military base.
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Photo credit: © ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet/W. Harold/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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