The Maldives rise just a few meters above the surrounding ocean.
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This distant, lonely volcanic rock brings new meaning to the phrase “the middle of nowhere.”
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This detailed astronaut photograph features surface currents illuminated by mirror-like reflections of sunlight off the waters around the Malée Atoll in the Maldive Islands.
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Rising waters are swallowing up another island in Chesapeake Bay.
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Poplar Island is rising back out of the Chesapeake...with a little help.
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Lighthouses and sandstone formations draw visitors to the shores of Lake Superior.
The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of some 74 islands sandwiched between the Australian mainland and the outer atolls of the Great Barrier Reef.
The small Puerto Rican island is a natural reserve that has been nicknamed the “Galapagos of the Caribbean.”
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A pair of modest oyster flats turned into two of most important islands in the United States.
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Volcanic activity may soon fuse a newly formed island to its neighbor Nishino-shima.
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The island once looked very different from how it does today.
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