Channel Islands, California, 1997"The [Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary] stretches from the high tidemark of five islands-San Miguel, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Anacapa and Santa Barbara-six miles (9.7 kilometers) outside their shores, in 1658 square miles (2668 kilometers) of the Pacific Ocean. " Lone Mangrove, Queensland, Australia, 1995This lonely mangrove adheres to the earth with its giant roots. Cape York Peninsula is a land of extremes scorched in a season and soaked in the next.