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Tahiti, French Polynesia

Violent eruptions, flank collapses, and heavy rains all played a part in making a tropical paradise.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Tahiti, French Polynesia.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published June 10, 2012
Data acquired July 11, 2001