PIG PARADISE: WHERE PIGS SWIM

Peering at Earth from space, astronauts often find their eyes drawn to the Bahamas. The Bahamas is located just to the east of Florida and Cuba near the Caribbean. "The stunning Bahamas were a real treat for us," says NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik of his 138-day mission in 2017 aboard the International Space Station. "The vivid turquoise of the water over the reef was absolutely captivating."

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Zoom in and you'll find that the Bahamas is made up of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets. Cays are small, sandy, low-elevated islands with coral reefs. Islets are usually tiny islands with no human inhabitants.

Big Major Cay is neither big nor major. But it is special. Less than a mile (one km) long, it is one of the 360 islands that make up the Bahamas' Exuma Cays. While it has no human inhabitants, it is home to an established colony of feral pigs. People call it Pig Island.