Cloud nine in Fiji
DORIAN VALLES and her family stopped in Fiji on their way to Australia in December 2003. The only problem? It’s hot in Fiji in December -- over 100 degrees every day and humid. So when an afternoon thunderstorm broke and Valles saw this little girl throw up her arms in delight, she snapped a picture with her Olympus C-740. “It was so spontaneous. That is such a childlike thing, to enjoy the moment,” said Valles, a competitive figure skating coach in Carlsbad, Calif.
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