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To: Capt. Tom
What a strange shaped Island.

In the other thread, someone said it was a volcano formation that has coral reefs on top of the old volcano -- if that makes any sense.

Just picture a volcano in Hawaii or the Rockies -- they sometimes make odd shapes sort of like this -- especially if one side of the volcano had a large lava flow and the other didn't.

15 posted on 12/27/2004 5:57:52 PM PST by topher (God bless & Protect our Troops)
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To: topher
Heres a picture of what many consider to be the most beautiful atoll in the world, Bora Bora. Atolls are formed as the volcanoes, long inactive, gradually sink below the oceans surface, while the surrounding coral continues to grow. Eventually, all that remains is a ring of low lying coral, with the original volcano left far below sea level.

17 posted on 12/27/2004 6:13:09 PM PST by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: topher

"What a strange shaped Island"

Called the "Footprint of Freedom" by many in the military.


18 posted on 12/27/2004 6:14:15 PM PST by Tacos
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