Male Atoll, Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean
View from space of the Male Atoll, one of the numerous atolls in the Maldive Islands chain. The Maldives are an island nation comprised of twenty-six atolls across a 560 mile chain southwest of India. Sun glinting off the water reveals numerous details of water circulation. A deep, south-flowing current is obvious on image left, with fan-shaped surface currents formed by local tides pulsing in and out of the shallow water near the islands.
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