Southwestern Pacific Ocean #
![Southwestern Pacific Ocean Southwestern Pacific Ocean](/attach/Geography/Asia/Papua_New_Guinea/Pictures/Factbook_Pictures/150pp/150pp.jpg)
Image courtesy of NASA., under PD
A sun glint on the southwestern Pacific Ocean as photographed from an Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit. The island is Bougainville in Papua New Guinea; the horizon of the Earth appears in the background. The picture was taken at an altitude of 231 km (143 mi).