This is where a "foreign body" is introduced into an oyster. The oyster will then coat this foreign body to defend itself, thereby forming a black pearl.
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- Taken on January 12, 2007
- Leeward Islands, PF
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lempkin 69 months ago | reply
Awesome color saturation. Great pic!
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DetroitDerek Photography ( ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ) 69 months ago | reply
Great capture!
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crazyc78 69 months ago | reply
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Fantastic capture
farissshafee II 69 months ago | reply
beautiful panorama, breathtaking sight - how lovely
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bibi.barbie 69 months ago | reply
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TaXZi 69 months ago | reply
Stunning !
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preppy381 69 months ago | reply
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finepixxler 69 months ago | reply
Beautiful!
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Peter Ireland 69 months ago | reply
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Jan_ice 69 months ago | reply
The water is soooo inviting... so clear....wish I was there.
Wonderful image!!!!
Ivaylo Klissarov 69 months ago | reply
paradise on earth!
great picture
ericminugh 55 months ago | reply
this is how I remember tahiti, just like looking through polarized glasses at this scene. Perfect
Paradizo.com 54 months ago | reply
Amazing colors! We love your photo! This photo has been selected to be featured on Paradizo.com for Tahiti.
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numeroseize 47 months ago | reply
Hi there
Photo used on www.cdt.fr/infos/index.php/post/2009/07/Pacifique-franc-m...
Thanks for using creative commons !
HappyTellus 46 months ago | reply
Hi!
We used this beautiful photo in our destination description of Tuamotu Islands on page www.happytellus.com/tuamotu-islands/french-polynesia
Thank You for sharing this!
Toni.Wang73 33 months ago | reply
love the colors
WintersonPearls 23 months ago | reply
Beautiful image. Thank you for sharing it !
We have used it in our website Journal at www.winterson.co.uk/
Steve Rosset 20 months ago | reply
Gorgeous blues. What a place!
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