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This mosaic is based on images ISS004-E-6249, ISS004-E-6250, ISS004-E-6251 and ISS004-E-6252.
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| Kiritimati, Kiribati (Christmas Island): Pronounced
"Ki-ris-mas," Kiritimati Island has a large infilled lagoon that
gives it the largest land area (125 square miles, 321 square km) of
any atoll in the world. Captain Cook named the atoll Christmas Island
when he arrived on Christmas Eve in 1777. Used for nuclear testing in
the 1950s and 1960s, the island is now valued for its marine and
wildlife resources. It is particularly important as a seabird nesting
site-with an estimated 6 million birds using or breeding on the
island, including several million Sooty Terns. Rainfall on Kiritimati
is linked to El Niņo patterns, with long droughts experienced between
the wetter El Niņo years. This mosaic is based on images ISS004-E-6249, ISS004-E-6250, ISS004-E-6251 and ISS004-E-6252. |
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