TUAMOTU

It is true that the appearance of these blue clouds is striking!
In the past, Oceanian navigators used to spot the presence of an island or atoll in this way. First they sailed by the stars, then they followed the flight of pelagic birds in distant approaches and finally, closer to the shore of these invisible islands, because they were barely a few metres above the ocean, they spotted the lagoons thanks to the turquoise or veronese green clouds reflecting their light. In the Pau'motu language they are called Nuku Taeroto. Nuku means cloud and taeroto means reflection of the lagoon.

Extract from Escales en Polynésie, 2020, Éditions Au vent des îles.