David R. Ellis

No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it.

American Director

Understand 'atoll' as a geographical term for a specific type of island, not any island.

Geographical Feature

An atoll is a natural formation, so using 'man-made atoll' would be incorrect.

Natural Formation

Always associate atolls with a central lagoon; it's what distinguishes them from other islands.

Lagoon Presence

 and they don't all look like the seven colors you learned about in grade school you might also want to take a look at a photo gallery we put together of how the world appears to the people of pinkalap atoll where ten percent of the population is colorblind that's in the show notes right there in your podcast app

An Accidental Case of...

 just kind of I don't know you clean up and I said to the guys it's maybe I'm like hey man if you want it and we have it you can have it you know if its food you need to feel whatever we carry so many supplies on the ship necesitas mas pavina so gasolina atoll en agua comida

Suspicion at Sea PIPE...

 That's south. But the sky also contains navigational aids much closer to Earth, the clouds. Besides being useful weather cues, under the right conditions, they can indicate landmasses. For instance, the lagoons of Pacific atolls

How did Polynesian...

 so southernmost atoll in the world means that it is at the southern edge of the distribution of corals which means that the conditions for coral growth are not optimal so this is a place you know like it's marginal for for

Enric Sala: Journey to...

 Some of our islands are coral atolls, others are volcanic, covered with hills, ancient forests and mangroves, all with beautiful beaches bordering the crystal-clear sea, which is alive with incredible, rare marine life.

Children of Palau: Leave...

 the last chapter of this tantalizing whodunit didn't take place near a tiny pacific atoll or the deep waters surrounding it amelia's legacy exists along a very different line of position she's much closer than you think

Amelia Earhart Part II:...

 I have always wanted to travel back in time to an era where maps were mostly blank or they read, "There be dragons." And today, the closest I've come is visiting remote atolls in the western Indian Ocean.

Dive into an ocean...

 during the dry season over half a million turns crowd onto this remote atoll in the indian ocean their chicks are still in their dark juvenile plumage

Fish Vs Bird PIPE Blue...

 Those just starting to learn to fly, use the shallow lagoon that occupies the centre of the atoll as their training ground.

Atoll