Pacific

Australia

Smack dab in the center of Australia's "red centre", this is a picture of Kata Tjuta, near Ayer's Rock

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French Polynesia

On a road in northern Moorea facing one of the most breathtaking views in all of the Pacific.

Relaxing in front of giant Otemanu, the dramatic centerpiece of the island of Bora Bora.

Bike riding on the lovely green island of Huahine.

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Midway Island

With some of the millions of Laysan albatrosses nesting in the Midway Island Wildlife Refuge.

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Northern Mariana Islands

A WWII gun on tiny Managaha Island, just off the coast of Saipan.

On the island of Rota, one of the most beautiful seascapes in Micronesia.

Ancient latte stones on the island of Tinian.

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Palau

Tank wreckage on the island of Peleliu,
witness to some of the fiercest fighting between Japan and the US in WWII.

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Samoa

In front of the Samoan parliament building in Apia.

At the eastern edge of Upolu, facing Nuutele island offshore.

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Fiji

Living everyone's fantasy: being marooned on a deserted island in the middle of the South Pacific for a week! Taken in front of a shipwreck on Fiji's remote & uninhabited Conway Reef.

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Kiribati

Spending part of the December 2013 holiday season on Kiritimati, better known as Christmas Island.

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Hawaii

Sporting a parka at the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. Yes, that's snow in the background! At nearly 14,000 feet high, the top of these windswept volcano peaks can see snow for several months of the year.