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  • A petroleum company has completed its second year of exploratory drilling for natural gas and oil around the lagoon's shores; an aquaculture facility produces commercial oysters; and five fishing co-operatives operate in the area.

    Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno, Mexico 2008

  • Today, looking down at the lagoon's bluer-than-blue waters from atop the cliffs at Fira, you get the feeling you're on another planet -- if you can ignore the mobs of tourists meandering around.

    Bob Schulman: Santorini: A Blast From the Past 2010

  • The lagoon's relatively shallow waters protect it from the surrounding sea conditions yet contain a diverse aquatic ecosystem not found in more open areas.

    Yvonne Yorke: The Great Barrier Reef: From Above and Below 2010

  • Today, looking down at the lagoon's bluer-than-blue waters from atop the cliffs at Fira, you get the feeling you're on another planet -- if you can ignore the mobs of tourists meandering around.

    Bob Schulman: Santorini: A Blast From the Past 2010

  • This process of cultivation would produce the biofuel for the lagoon's transportation and somewhat incredibly, seaweed to feed the tourists.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • This process of cultivation would produce the biofuel for the lagoon's transportation and somewhat incredibly, seaweed to feed the tourists.

    Spatializing Algae 1: Drip Feed 2009

  • Even a quick half-day trip -- for a walk in the park and glimpse of the views out to the Lido and across St. Mark's Basin -- gives a tantalizing taste of the lagoon's hidden history.

    Sailors' Venetian Retreat Lesley Riva 2008

  • As the shock wave from the underground nuclear test reached the Pacific lagoon's surface, the water seethed white.

    France Blows It Again 2008

  • Flora in the lagoon is abundant, with extensive seagrass beds that cover 45% of the lagoon's surface.

    Clipperton Island shrub and grasslands 2007

  • As much as half the bomb's fission products remained in the lagoon's water or in the mist remaining in the air after the surge of spray fell back into the lagoon.

    Archive 2005-08-01 2005

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