The warm shores of the lagoon are cooled by the tradewinds: the Mara' amu during the the dry season's and the Toerau during the wet season.

Kauai is one of the Hawaiian Islands, in the Northern Pacific.

The splendid landscapes of the island are not only on its shores like from the Kalalau Trail on the Napali coast, but also inland, like on the ridges of the Waimea Canyon.

A little less than 1,200 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls make up the Republic of the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean.

The highest altitude in the Maldives is 2.5 meters and 80% of the dry land is only 1 meter or less above sea level. Some projections have this country completely submerged before the end of the century, because of the raising level of the ocean due to global warming. The warming of the water temperature is already affecting the corals, like in the Seychelles.

These morning (right) and evening (botton) pictures have been taken on the shores of Vatulele, a small island, south of the big island of Suva.