The Tuamotus

The Tuamotus are dream South Seas snapshot: the 77 atolls – narrow coral rings encircling turquoise lagoons – that make up this stunning archipelago are flung over an immense stretch of indigo-blue ocean.

Rangiroa atoll, Tuamotu islands, French Polynesia.

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