Oroluk Atoll FM - When This Old World Keeps Getting You Down...
Oroluk Atoll - Landsat Image N-56-05_2000 (1 cm = 1,500 meters)
Oroluk Atoll - DigitalGlobe Image From Google Earth (1 cm = 1,500 meters)
Oroluk Atoll - EVS Precision Map (1 cm = 1,500 meters)
Oroluk Atoll's nearest neighbors is 300 kilometers to either the east or west. If you want some alone time, this is your place. That is except for the eight to ten people tending banana and taro plants. I bet they would give you some space so that you might count the waves hitting the reef or the clouds in the sky. Or perhaps you might just "be".
Oroluk Atoll - From the Lagoon (AKK_319)
This is what the only habitable motu looks like from the lagoon. It is flush with trees and surrounded by sandy beaches. Somewhere in the trees are a few houses.
Oroluk Atoll - Fisherman's Goods (AKK_3352)
Some of the dwellings are covered with palm fronds. When you get tired of bananas and taro, you could go fishing. I am sure that this lagoon abounds in fish.
Oroluk Atoll - Homestead (AKK_317)
Don't you just love this image - a home buried deep in a tropical forest. No mail, no cell phones, no radio, no tv, no vcr, no dvd, just you and 21 hectares of your quiet place.
Enjoy!
Labels: BPIF Image Gallery, DigitalGlobe, EVS Precision, Google Earth, Landsat ETM+, Micronesia
Thanks Mr. Minton. You've brightened my evening.
Posted by
Matt Giger |
8/01/2008 08:04:00 PM
Peter, you've done it again. This one is outstanding, and what I really appreciate is the addition of photos from the atoll -- talk about escapism!
Paul
Posted by
gilster |
8/03/2008 11:10:00 AM