Rimatara Island

                                                                   Rimatara island


In Rimatara there are 873 people living there. It is 8.6 sq km and it belongs to French Polynesia. Its highest elevation is 83 m and it has a new airport.

Solar eclipse in a remote island

            Solar eclipse in a remote island
     On March 20 2015 there is going to be a solar eclipse. One of the few places you can see the total eclipse is Faroe Islands.

Two astronomers asked people in the Faroe islands to take pictures during the month of March 2014 at 9:40 in the morning. The idea was to track the cloud coverage in preparation for the eclipse.
This is called citizen science. You can learn about this project here: http://astronomerswithoutborders.org/321-awb-blog/dark/gam-2014-blog/2139-solar-eclipse-education-in-the-faroe-islands.html

Enewetak Atoll

                                     Enewetak Atoll

 Population: 853
  Archipelago: Ralik
  Total islands: 40
  Area: 5.85 sq km
  Highest elevation: 5 m
  Country: Marshall Islands
  Cool fact: Humans have been on Enewetak since 1000 BC
  Cool fact: and it was used for nuclear tests

This is were they did the nuclear tests