View from space of the small atoll of Maiao in the Society Islands south of Hawaii.

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July 3, 2021 - View from space of the small atoll of Maiao (also spelled Mai'ao), which lies 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) due south of Hawaii in the Society Islands. 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.

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