TuamotuPearlFarm.jpg


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Description 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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Source Pearl farm
Author clesenne from Germany
Camera location 16° 43′ 44.75″ S, 151° 30′ 12.07″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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12 January 2007

16°43'44.753"S, 151°30'12.071"W