Phosphate extraction - machinery and piles of phosphate (Nauruit), Nauru Island, Pacific 照片檔

Anibare District, Nauru: phosphate quarry - phosphate mining continues in Nauru, although on a smaller scale than in the past, when it was crucial for the country's economy. Except for a narrow coastal strip, the inner part of the island was covered by phosphate (Nauruit) formed from the droppings of seabirds.