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Tahiti

Photo: Aerial view of island of Tahiti
A mass of fluffy white clouds crowns the lush hills of the island of Tahiti. Tahiti and her 13 sister islands make up the Society Islands, tiny volcano- and coral-studded protrusions of land that dot the South Pacific about halfway between Australia and South America.
Photograph by Paul Chesley

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