French Polynesia

13401-49004 Tahitian blue lory, or nun bird (Vini peruviana) perched in a coconut palm on one of the very small rat-free motus. Rangiroa, French Polynesia *

13401-49006 Tahitian blue lory, or nun bird (Vini peruviana) perched in a coconut palm on one of the very small rat-free motus. Rangiroa, French Polynesia *

13203-20002 Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) adult on rock. Widespread through Asia and the Pacific, and particularly found on islands, this gecko is notable because it is parthenogenic, and no males have ever been found. Terre Deserte, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Group *

13309-16501 Puarata (Metrosideros collina var. villosa) forms a tree up to 18m tall in lowland to montane open forests. Widespread throughout the Pacific - i.e.from Vanuatu, east to Tahiti, the Austral Islands and Pitcairn. This portrait of typical red flowers is from a tree growing on a forested ridge on Mount Marau, Tahiti *

13309-16502 Puarata (Metrosideros collina var. villosa) forms a tree up to 18m tall in lowland to montane open forests. Widespread throughout the Pacific - i.e.from Vanuatu, east to Tahiti, the Austral Islands and Pitcairn. This portrait of typical red flowers is from a tree growing on a forested ridge on Mount Marau, Tahiti *

13209-16504 Puarata (Metrosideros collina var. collina) grows mostly in higher elevation forests, and is widespread through the Pacific - i.e.Vanuatu, Samoa, Rarotonga and Tahiti. This typical orange-flowered form, was from a tree growing in forest in the Terre Deserte, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands *

13311-02512 Looking out to sea at sunset, from the cloud forest on the summit of Mount Marau, Tahiti *

13311-02509 Looking out to sea at sunset, from the cloud forest on the summit of Mount Marau, Tahiti *

13311-02502 View of 'La Diademe' (1,321m) an eroded basalt outcrop, in evening light from Mount Marau, Tahiti *

13211-91002 Mount Oave (1203 m) is one of twelve spectacular volcanic pinnacles which loom above Hakahau Village, on the island of Ua Po in the Marquesas Group *

13211-90001 View of the Basalt 'Aiguilles' or 'Needles' eroded by wind and rain, Aakapa, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands *