NAURU: Landscapes

A few nice little landscapes from Nauru to poke around, starting with Buada Lagoon in the middle of the island. The lagoon is a bit brackish, as it’s only fed by rainfall, and doesn’t actually have any outlet to the sea:

A view from the beach with abandoned cantilevers for loading phosphate:

Some that are in better shape, though I don’t know if they’re still active for what mining still happens on Nauru:

And coral pinnacles coming out of the beach (which is why they need the above cantilevers – getting big boats past the coral is challenging:

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