In pictures: Heron Island, Australia

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - Heron Island is an island characterized by its Great Barrier Reef, as it contains large areas of coral reefs and all protected flora and fauna, and is characterized by white sandy beaches.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This island offers many activities such as cruises, and through this island it is possible to explore many types of animals and birds, and this island is famous for scuba diving.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This island is a magnet for divers from all over the world, as it is located 80 km northeast of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and 460 km northwest of the state capital, Brisbane.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The island is 800 meters (2,600 feet) long and 300 meters (980 feet) wide, making the island a large area of about 16 hectares.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One of the advantages of this island is that it contains a water desalination plant that uses technology to provide water for human consumption, in addition to that it contains two diesel generators (and some solar panels) to supply electricity to the island.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/تعرف-على-أبرز-وأغرب-الظواهر-الطبيعية-حول-العالم-بالصور">Learn about the most prominent and strange natural phenomena around the world in pictures</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بالصور-صحراء-كولورادو-القاحلة-الجافة-تتحول-لمساحة-واسعة-من-الزهور-زاهية-الألوان">In pictures, the arid Colorado desert turns into a vast expanse of brightly colored flowers</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بعد-أن-منعتها-الرياح-أول-طائرة-من-دون-قطرة-وقود-تقلع-من-أبوظبي">After the winds delayed it.. the first plane to take off from Abu Dhabi without fuel</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>