The basalt log-cabin style walls of Nan Madol rising from the waters off Pohnpei. This 'Venice of the Pacific' consists of 92 artificial islands built from
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The basalt log-cabin style walls of Nan Madol rising from the waters off Pohnpei. This 'Venice of the Pacific' consists of 92 artificial islands built from an estimated 750,000 tons of columnar basalt, transported across open ocean by methods that remain unexplained.
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