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Coconut Shells at Fakarava Atoll

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Coconut Shell Stack
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Fakarava Coconut Shell Stack




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When coconut trees die or are broken by storms, people plant new ones like the one at top center. The shells are stacked so rainwater will run off rather than soak into the husks.