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Baltic Capitals

• Copenhagen's Nyhavn canal, lined with its 17th-century gabled townhouses and moo — Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The Copenhagen Opera House on Holmen, its cantilevered roof overhanging the harb — JRodSilva, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Helsinki's South Harbour and Market Square, with the green domes of Helsinki Cat — Risto Varhe, CC BY 3.0
• Approaching Stockholm by water: a three-masted tall ship moored off Skeppsholmen — PBrieux, CC0 1.0
• Fishing and pleasure boats crowd Rønne harbour on Bornholm, below the white towe — Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The rocky, forested north coast of Bornholm, where granite cliffs and sea stacks — Andreas Lippelt, CC BY 2.0

Barbados

• Sailboats and catamarans ride at anchor in the turquoise water of Carlisle Bay, — Pontificalibus, CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
• A quiet stretch of sand and clear turquoise water at Paynes Bay on Barbados's we — Barry haynes, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Small boats moored along the Careenage, Bridgetown's historic inner harbour, wit — Winston Edghill, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Atlantic swells break over the reef at Bathsheba on Barbados's rugged east coast — Allen Watkin, CC BY-SA 2.0
• One of the large coral-limestone boulders on the beach at Bathsheba, shaped over — Jerrye and Roy Klotz MD, CC BY-SA 3.0

Barcelona Costa Brava

• An elevated panorama of Port Vell in Barcelona, showing the Marina Port Vell yac — Diliff (David Iliff), CC BY-SA 3.0
• Whitewashed houses climb the hillside beneath the domed bell tower of the Church — CarlosNanuk, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Small boats moored in the bay at Cadaqués, with the whitewashed waterfront prome — CarlosNanuk, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A sailboat passes below the lighthouse and keeper's buildings on the rocky headl — Gordito1869, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Wind-carved schist rock formations frame a quiet cove at Cap de Creus, mainland — Pixel (Wikimedia Commons contributor), CC BY-SA 3.0
• Rocky headlands and small coves (calas) along the Costa Brava coastline between — Gabriele Delhey, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The medieval walls of the Vila Vella hilltop fortress in Tossa de Mar glow at du — Moahim, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The fortified towers and stone ramparts of Tossa de Mar's Vila Vella seen from t — Merx, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES

Cape Town

• Table Mountain and the Cape Town city bowl seen across the open water of Table B — Darryn van der Walt, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The twin-masted sailing superyacht Aquijo moored in the marina at Cape Town's V& — Radova, CC0 1.0 Universal
• Yachts and tour boats moored in the Victoria Basin at the V&A Waterfront, with T — Damien du Toit, CC BY 2.0
• Sandstone cliffs at the Cape of Good Hope overlooking the Atlantic Ocean beneath — Satdeep Gill, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Aerial view of Atlantic surf breaking over rocky shallows along the Cape Point c — samsommer, CC0 1.0 Universal
• The mountains of the False Bay coastline seen from the shore at Boulders Beach, — Johan Jönsson, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Aerial view of Clifton's white sand beaches and turquoise water beneath the Twel — SkyPixels, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cartagena Rosarios

• Cartagena's high-rise Bocagrande skyline rises across the water, seen from Tierr — LauFlorez, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A colonial cannon on the historic city walls frames a view of Cartagena's modern — Uhkabu, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Blue-trimmed balconies and palm-shaded plazas typify the colourful streets of Ge — Joe Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A small over-water settlement sits amid the calm blue waters of the Islas del Ro — Ben Bowes, CC BY 2.0
• A coral island fringed with turquoise shallows in the Islas del Rosario, seen fr — Santiago Augusto Páez Pulido, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Turquoise water washes onto the white sand of Playa Blanca on Isla Barú. — TitiNicola, CC BY-SA 4.0
• An aerial view of Playa Blanca shows its curve of pale sand meeting the turquois — Felipeortegag, CC BY-SA 4.0

Crete

• Fishing boats moored along Chania's Venetian harbour, with the 16th-century ligh — Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The western waterfront of Chania's Venetian harbour, looking toward the Firkas B — Lapplaender, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
• Panorama of Balos lagoon's shallow turquoise water and white sand spit, with the — Sergio Alvarez, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Drone view over Balos lagoon showing the marbled turquoise-and-blue shallows of — Simao Arinto, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The fishing town of Elounda on Crete's northern coast, seen across its sheltered — George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0

Florida Keys

• The Miami skyline rises across Biscayne Bay at night, seen from the rocky shorel — Rob Olivera, CC BY 2.0
• Cruise ships line PortMiami's main channel with the downtown Miami skyline risin — Kiran891, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Sport-fishing boats and sailboats crowd the docks of Key West Bight Marina at su — Herbert wie, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Branching coral and sea fans crowd the seafloor at Molasses Reef, part of the Fl — Matt Kieffer, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Fort Jefferson's brick ramparts and lighthouse overlook the turquoise shallows o — Joe Parks, CC BY 2.0
• The white sand of East Beach curves beside Fort Jefferson's brick walls in Dry T — National Park Service (NPS photo, D. Diaz) — Dry Tortugas National Park, Public Domain

Hawaii

• The fluted emerald sea cliffs of Kauaʻi's Nā Pali Coast rise straight from the P — Rwminix, CC BY-SA 3.0
• A low pass over the water at Milolīʻi Valley on the Nā Pali Coast, where dark vo — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• Kealakekua Bay on the Kona coast, its clear water and lava sea cliff a favored a — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• A humpback whale breaches off Maui inside the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Na — National Marine Sanctuaries (NOAA); photo credit A. Debich, HIHWNMS/NOAA Permit #15240, Public Domain
• A sailing catamaran crosses the water off Waikīkī with Diamond Head's tuff crate — Daniel Ramirez, CC BY 2.0
• A giant manta ray barrel-rolls through a diver's light beam during Kona's well-k — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0

Italian Riviera

• Motor yachts and sport cruisers moored along Portofino's harbourfront, with Cast — Radosław Botev, CC BY 3.0 PL
• Camogli's tall pastel-coloured harbour houses seen from the water beyond the bre — Twice25 & Rinina25, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Sailboats and motor yachts at anchor in Santa Margherita Ligure's harbour, with — Parma1983, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Portovenere's clifftop castle and waterfront houses on their promontory, viewed — Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0
• A full moon rises over the Golfo dei Poeti near Portovenere, with yachts at anch — Giorgio Galeotti, CC BY 4.0

Madeira

• Funchal's white town rises in amphitheatre tiers up the hillside, seen from a bo — patano, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
• Traditional wooden fishing boats moored in the sheltered harbour at Câmara de Lo — Michael Gaylard, CC BY 2.0 Generic
• Banded red and ochre volcanic cliffs (arribas) at Ponta de São Lourenço meet the — Luís Afonso, CC BY-SA 4.0 International
• Sunlight filters through the laurel canopy onto a stone levada water channel and — Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported
• Mist drifts through the laurel canopy of Madeira's UNESCO-listed laurisilva fore — Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 4.0 International

Marbella Gibraltar

• Europa Point lighthouse on the rocky southern tip of the Gibraltar peninsula, ph — John Cummings, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Yachts lined up in the marina at Puerto Banús with the Sierra Blanca mountain ri — kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Puerto Banús marina and waterfront promenade lit up at dusk, with yachts moored — Diliff (David Iliff), CC BY-SA 3.0
• A narrow lane near Orange Square in Marbella's old town, its balconies crowded w — Martin Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A floodlit whitewashed chapel and cobbled lane in Marbella's old town at dusk, j — Nan Palmero, CC BY 2.0
• A motor yacht moored beside the palm-lined canal-front residences of Puerto Depo — Jose Luis Filpo Cabana, CC BY 3.0
• Common dolphins surfacing in Gibraltar Bay at the western mouth of the Strait of — Radekostojski78, CC BY-SA 4.0

Martinique Guadeloupe

• Sailboats ride at anchor in the Baie des Saintes off Terre-de-Haut, seen from th — Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Yachts anchor off Îlet à Cabrit inside the Baie des Saintes, with Guadeloupe's B — Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0
• Saint-Pierre curves along its bay on Martinique's north coast, overshadowed by t — Sapakagadewmoinjadiw, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Fort-de-France and the Pitons du Carbet mountains rise across the bay, seen from — Sapakagadewmoinjadiw, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Sailboats lie at anchor off Deshaies, Guadeloupe, silhouetted against a pink and — Denis Bourez, CC BY 2.0
• Waves break on the dark volcanic sand of Anse de Deshaies while yachts ride at a — Krzysztof Golik, CC BY 4.0
• Palm trees line the pale sand of Plage de la Feuillère on Marie-Galante's Capest — Smiley, CC BY-SA 3.0

Socal Catalina

• Bird's-eye aerial view of Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island, California. — Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0
• The circular Catalina Casino landmark on the waterfront of Avalon Bay, Santa Cat — Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Aerial view of Newport Harbor, Newport Beach, California, at sunrise. — Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The downtown San Diego skyline at dusk, seen across San Diego Bay from Coronado. — russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Painted Cave, one of the largest sea caves in the world, on the coast of Santa C — National Park Service, Public Domain
• A California sheephead swims through a giant kelp forest in Channel Islands Nati — Robert Schwemmer / NOAA (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries), Public Domain

St Kitts Nevis

• Nevis Peak's three-humped summit rises over Charlestown's waterfront as the isla — David Broad, CC BY 3.0
• Basseterre's waterfront and pastel shopfronts seen from the water under a squall — Gertjan R., CC BY-SA 4.0
• Sailboats and sportfishing boats moored at the marina in Basseterre, with St Kit — giggel, CC BY 3.0
• A cannon at Brimstone Hill Fortress still aims out to sea, with the volcanic con — Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Brimstone Hill Fortress crowns its steep volcanic hill above the coastal village — Invertzoo, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Nevis rises across the Narrows, the strait separating the two islands, as seen f — Nesnad, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The quiet curve of Gallows Bay on Nevis's Atlantic-facing coast, backed by dense — Invertzoo, CC BY-SA 3.0

Sydney Nsw

• Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge at dusk, seen across the water from Ma — Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Sunset over Pittwater and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, viewed from the track — Pratyeka, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Broken Bay's blue water, islands and sandstone headlands, viewed from near Pearl — Kt8216s, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The Hawkesbury River winding through forested hills, seen from a lookout at Gree — Joey joejoe junior1982, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Sandstone sea cliffs and breaking waves along the Coast Walk in Royal National P — BriMiDra, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Sea cliffs at North Head sanctuary in Manly, guarding the northern entrance to S — Danesk1, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tasmania

• The white sand crescent of Wineglass Bay and its turquoise water, seen from the — Joaquín Salido Bello, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Wineglass Bay's white sand and clear water viewed at ground level from the beach — Jane6592, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Constitution Dock in Hobart with the city centre skyline behind, traditional fin — Wiki ian, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The SV May Queen, a wooden ketch-rigged trading vessel built in 1867, moored at — Canley, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Bathurst Harbour in Tasmania's remote southwest wilderness, part of the Port Dav — John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The dolerite sea cliffs of Fluted Cape on Bruny Island, seen at water level from — Takver (John Englart), CC BY-SA 2.0
• Sunset over Daniel's Bay on Bruny Island's D'Entrecasteaux Channel shore. — Takver (John Englart), CC BY-SA 2.0

Tonga Vavau

• A double rainbow arcs over the approach to Neiafu harbour past Lotuma Island in — David Broad, CC BY 3.0
• The cavernous rock entrance of Swallows Cave on Kapa Island, Vava'u, opening ont — David Broad, CC BY 3.0
• A young male humpback whale swims through clear water off Vava'u, Tonga, during — Sylke Rohrlach, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A group of humpback whales travels together through Vava'u's waters, a key breed — Sylke Rohrlach, CC BY-SA 2.0
• The southern tip of Uoleva Island in the Ha'apai group, ringed by a shallow turq — dr.scott.mills, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A narrow pass cuts through Ha'apai's barrier reef near the islets of Uonukuhihif — dr.scott.mills, CC BY-SA 2.0

Turks Caicos

• Sunset over the calm, clear water of Grace Bay in Providenciales, Turks and Caic — Jason Boldero, CC BY 2.0
• A wooden boardwalk through beach grass leads to the turquoise water of Grace Bay — Josiah Lewis, Pexels License
• The turquoise shallow-water lagoon of Chalk Sound National Park on Providenciale — Simone Costa, Public Domain
• Turquoise shallow water meets a rocky, scrub-lined shoreline on a Caicos Islands — Holly Axelrad, Pexels License
• The reef-lined turquoise water of Turtle Cove on Providenciales, seen from the s — Tim Sackton, CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Cockburn Town waterfront on Grand Turk, with graduated turquoise-to-blue wat — Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Looking north along the quiet sand of Cockburn Town Beach on Grand Turk, with sm — Drdread66, CC BY-SA 4.0

Venice North Adriatic

• The Benedictine church and campanile of San Giorgio Maggiore silhouetted at suns — Gerolamondo, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Gondolas moored at sunrise on the Grand Canal by the Dogana da Mar, with Venetia — Wolfgang Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Hundreds of yachts crowd the Gulf of Trieste during the Barcolana regatta, with — Roberto Baroni (Costaetrusca), CC BY-SA 4.0
• Yachts anchored in the bay off Rovinj, with the old town's rooftops and St Euphe — qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0
• Turquoise Adriatic water off Figarola with Rovinj's pine-fringed peninsula and S — Vladimir Stankovic, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Yachts moored in Piran's harbour beneath the old town under a dramatic Adriatic — Sl-Ziga (Žiga), Public domain

Yucatan Riviera Maya

• Wooden dock pilings stand in the calm sea off Isla Mujeres as dawn colors the sk — Buscando ando (Pedro Rojo), CC BY-SA 2.0
• A thatched-roof lookout tower and small moored boats sit above the shallow turqu — Yosef Ben Melamed, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The clifftop Castillo of the Tulum ruins overlooks a turquoise Caribbean cove an — FeldBum, CC BY-SA 4.0
• An aerial view shows the walled Tulum archaeological site with its temples strun — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• Roots and vines hang from the open ceiling of Cenote Ik Kil down to its deep tur — Shinya Suzuki, CC BY 2.0

Azores

• Yachts fill Horta marina on Faial Island while the volcanic cone of Pico rises a — Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0 / GFDL 1.2+
• Mount Pico, Portugal's highest peak, towers over the rooftops of Madalena on Pic — JCNazza, CC BY 3.0
• Boats line the marina along Ponta Delgada's waterfront, with São Miguel's capita — Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0
• The green and blue crater lakes of Sete Cidades seen from the Vista do Rei viewp — JopkeB, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A sperm whale's fluke breaks the surface as it dives off Pico Island during a wh — Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0

Bermuda

• A view across Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda's capital port, photographed from a boat — David Broad, CC BY 3.0
• St. George's Harbour on St. George's Island, Bermuda, with the old town's waterf — Flickr user reivax, CC BY-SA 2.0
• The historic town of St. George's, Bermuda, viewed from the harbour near Ordnanc — Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The pink-tinged sand and clear water of Horseshoe Bay, a public beach in Southam — Ekem, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Panoramic view south over the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, from the Commission — JoeyBagODonuts, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Aerial view of turquoise water and a reef-fringed rocky shoreline on Bermuda's c — Brandon Morrison, Pexels License
• Boats at anchor in turquoise water off Sandys Parish, Bermuda. — Brandon Morrison, Pexels License

Canary Islands

• Mount Teide's volcanic peak rises above the Atlantic at dusk, seen across the wa — Matthias Bethke, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Sailing yachts and motor cruisers moored at Marina Rubicón near Playa Blanca, La — Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0
• Small fishing boats ride at anchor in the Charco de San Ginés lagoon in front of — Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0
• Yachts lie at anchor off Caleta del Sebo on La Graciosa, backed by the sheer vol — Gerd Eichmann, CC BY 4.0
• A sandy shoreline path leads past the whitewashed village of Caleta del Sebo tow — Gerd Eichmann, CC BY 4.0
• The sheer basalt cliffs of Los Gigantes plunge straight into the Atlantic on Ten — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• Yachts moored along the palm-lined quay of Puerto de Mogán, the 'Little Venice' — TimOve, CC BY 2.0

Dodecanese

• Neoclassical houses climb the hillside above the water at Symi, stacked in the i — Szilas, Public domain
• Naillac Tower and the medieval fortifications of Rhodes old town stand over boat — Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0
• The row of stone windmills on Mandraki Harbour's breakwater, Rhodes, seen from t — xlibber, CC BY 2.0
• The Monastery of Saint John crowns the hilltop village of Chora, Patmos, with th — Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Skala, the port town of Patmos, seen from above at the Monastery of Saint John i — Kaethe17, CC BY 4.0
• Small boats line the harbourfront of Mandraki, the main town of the volcanic isl — Dreizung, CC BY 3.0

Egyptian Red Sea

• A coral reef wall drops into deep blue water inside Ras Mohammed National Park a — Sovernigo, CC BY-SA 4.0
• White sand beach fringes the clear shallows of Giftun Island, part of the Giftun — Caprice4540, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The aft section of the SS Thistlegorm, the WWII-era cargo ship that has rested o — Woodym555, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Wartime motorcycles from the SS Thistlegorm's cargo hold, still stacked inside t — Albert Kok2, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Barren mountain chains of the Sinai Peninsula drop straight to the turquoise Red — Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0

Grenada Carriacou

• St George's Carenage harbour lit up at dusk, its horseshoe waterfront reflected — Ramakrishna Reddy Yekulla, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The motor yacht Hampshire II berthed at Port Louis Marina, St George's, Grenada. — Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Palm-shaded sand and turquoise water at Grand Anse beach, near St George's, Gren — Ian Gratton, CC BY 2.0
• Sunset over Grand Anse beach, with St George's and its hillside spread along the — Varun Kapoor, CC BY 3.0

Istanbul Bosphorus

• Ortaköy Mosque (Büyük Mecidiye Camii) on the Bosphorus waterfront, with the Bosp — Darwinek, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The red wooden Hekimbaşı Salih Efendi yalı on the Bosphorus shoreline, a 19th-ce — Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Maiden's Tower (Kız Kulesi) on its small islet in the Bosphorus strait, with the — Cpandmg, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Panoramic dusk view along the Golden Horn, with the Galata Bridge crossing the w — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Hagia Sophia's dome and minarets rise above the treeline of Istanbul's historic — David Berkowitz, CC BY 2.0
• A row of wooden yalı mansions lines the Bosphorus shore in Istanbul, their water — michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0

Malta

• Valletta's bastion walls and the Siege Bell Memorial rise above Grand Harbour, p — John Haslam, CC BY 2.0
• The red-topped Ricasoli Point lighthouse stands on the bastion at the mouth of G — Efrem Efre, Pexels License
• Yachts lie moored in Mgarr Harbour, Gozo, below the twin-towered Church of Our L — X1ntao Zhou, Pexels License
• A tour boat crosses the turquoise shallows of the Blue Lagoon between Comino and — Erik1980, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Fungus Rock rises from the sea at Dwejra on Gozo's west coast, an islet once hea — Bogdan Giușcă, CC BY-SA 3.0
• A traditional luzzu fishing boat rides at anchor in Marsaxlokk harbour beneath t — 0xd1ma, Pexels License
• The painted protective eyes on the bow of a Maltese luzzu, a custom believed to — John Haslam, CC BY 2.0

Mauritius Reunion

• The basalt monolith of Le Morne Brabant rises from the Indian Ocean off Mauritiu — Benoît Prieur, CC0 1.0 Universal
• Small craft ride at anchor in the shallow turquoise lagoon fronting Le Morne Bea — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• Port Louis's harbour basin and capital skyline seen from the Caudan Waterfront p — B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Harbour lights of the Caudan Waterfront reflect across the water in Port Louis a — carrotmadman6, CC BY 2.0
• The amphitheatre of peaks and ravines forming the Cirque de Mafate, one of Réuni — Jean Michel Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Waves break against dark volcanic cliffs at L'Étang-Salé on Réunion's rugged sou — Grégory AH-KIEM, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Aerial view of Île aux Cerfs and its turquoise lagoon off Mauritius's east coast — Arne Müseler (www.arne-mueseler.com), CC BY-SA 3.0 Germany

Montenegro Boka

• The near-vertical limestone walls of the Bay of Kotor rise straight from the sea — Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A passenger excursion boat crosses the Bay of Kotor beneath the sheer cliffs tha — Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0
• The man-made islet of Our Lady of the Rocks, crowned by its domed church, sits i — Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Yachts lie at berth in the Porto Montenegro marina at Tivat as the sun sets over — Корнет Кларнет, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A superyacht moored at Porto Montenegro's marina in Tivat, with rows of sailboat — Daniel Nyul, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The fortified islet of Sveti Stefan, linked to the mainland by a narrow sandy to — Oktoober, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Kotor's medieval ramparts rise straight from the town moat, with the fortificati — Javier Sánchez Portero, CC BY-SA 3.0

Musandam Muscat

• A traditional dhow cruises past the sheer, sun-baked cliffs of Khor Ash Sham, th — Robert Haandrikman, CC BY 2.0
• A traditional wooden dhow carrying day-trippers sails off Khasab, the gateway po — A.wahid47, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Snorkellers drift over clear shallows beside a rocky islet in the Al Daymaniyat — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• Day boats anchor in a turquoise cove of the Daymaniyat Islands, the protected ni — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• Stone ruins of the 1860s British telegraph relay station remain on Telegraph Isl — Eckhard Pecher (Commons username Arcimboldo), CC BY 2.5
• The Mutrah Corniche waterfront curves beneath Muscat's rocky hills, with the old — Albinfo, CC BY 4.0

Naples Pontine

• The Aragonese Castle of Ischia, built on its own volcanic islet, seen across the — Pask928, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The fortified Aragonese Castle of Ischia catches the last light above the sea at — Francesca De Maria, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Corricella's tiered pink, yellow and ochre houses step down to the waterfront on — Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0
• Yachts anchor in the turquoise cove beneath the pale sheer cliffs of Chiaia di L — Bouncey2k, Public Domain
• Mount Vesuvius rises hazily beyond the working port of Naples and the ships cros — Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
• The uninhabited island of Palmarola silhouettes against the sunset, seen from ne — Ita01, CC BY-SA 3.0

New Caledonia

• Sailboats and catamarans ride at anchor in Nouméa's harbour, the New Caledonian — eGuide Travel, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
• Kanumera Bay on Île des Pins, its turquoise shallows and white sand framed by ta — Bahnfrend, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
• The natural pool at Oro Bay on Île des Pins, a reef-sheltered inlet of pale aqua — Teuxe, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
• Aerial view of the barrier reef's edge in New Caledonia's southern lagoon near N — brewbooks, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
• Amédée islet and its 56-metre lighthouse seen from the water south of Nouméa, pa — Eustaquio Santimano, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
• The full height of Amédée lighthouse above its landing jetty and palm-lined beac — Eustaquio Santimano, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Queensland Lizard

• Cairns Marina on the Far North Queensland waterfront, the departure point for Gr — Frances76, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Anzac Park Beach in Port Douglas, near Four Mile Beach, with boats anchored offs — Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0
• A coral garden of mixed hard and soft corals on Flynn Reef, part of the Great Ba — Toby Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Aerial view of Arlington Reef, an outer Great Barrier Reef coral formation in th — Luka Peternel, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Aerial view of coral reef and shallow turquoise water in the Lizard Island Natio — Emily Cox, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The beach at the Lizard Island resort, looking toward Prince Charles Island, on — Luka Peternel, CC BY-SA 4.0

Saronic Peloponnese

• Hydra's harbour amphitheatre from the air, its white and pastel houses tiered ar — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• Wooden caiques and small craft at their moorings in the old harbour of Spetses a — Camerawalker, CC BY 3.0
• Looking across the narrow Poros channel to Galatas, the mainland town whose wate — Julien Seguinot, CC BY-SA 2.0
• The Bourtzi water-fortress lit at dusk on its islet in Nafplio harbour, the Argo — V4lerios, CC BY 2.0
• The Bourtzi fortress seen from the water on the approach to Nafplio, its causewa — Ava Babili, CC BY-SA 4.0

Saudi Red Sea

• A limestone headland encloses a sheltered turquoise lagoon at Umm Lajj (Umluj) o — Prof. Mortel (Richard Mortel), CC BY 2.0
• Bands of pale turquoise reef water deepen to open-sea blue beyond the fringing r — Prof. Mortel (Richard Mortel), CC BY 2.0
• Surf breaks over the fringing coral reef beside a weathered limestone shelf at U — Prof. Mortel (Richard Mortel), CC BY 2.0
• Dark volcanic rock from the Harrat lava fields meets the turquoise Red Sea at Um — Saudi Press Agency (Saleem Alfidi), CC BY-SA 4.0
• The sun sets over calm Red Sea waters lapping the beach at Umm Lajj, Saudi Arabi — Prof. Mortel (Richard Mortel), CC BY 2.0
• Orange sea goldies swarm above a coral outcrop on a reef in Saudi Arabian Red Se — Ryan McMinds, CC BY 2.0
• A coral bommie crowded with small orange anthias fish on a reef in Saudi Arabian — Ryan McMinds, CC BY 2.0

Seto Inland Sea

• The vermilion torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine stands in the sea off Miyajima, s — そらみみ (Soramimi), CC BY-SA 4.0
• A wooden punt is moored along the willow-lined Kurashiki Canal, bordered by Edo- — Malaiya, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The narrow Onomichi Channel separating the mainland from Mukaishima Island, view — そらみみ (Soramimi), CC BY-SA 4.0
• The triple suspension spans of the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge cross the Seto Inland — Gabriel White, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Angel Road, a tidal sandbar on Shodoshima, draws walkers across to a cluster of — 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0

Sicily

• Taormina's hillside old town spills toward the Ionian coast beneath the smoking — John Menard, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Boats moored in the harbour at Ortigia, the old island quarter of Syracuse, seen — James Shelton32, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Dusk over the Porto Grande at Ortigia, Syracuse, with a patrol boat moored and t — giovanni.cicciarella, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The clear turquoise shallows of Cala Azzurra on Favignana, the largest of Sicily — Roberto ("roberto from italy"), CC BY 2.0
• A small boat anchored in the bay below the white marl cliffs of the Scala dei Tu — Carnby, CC BY 3.0

Singapore Langkawi

• Marina Bay Sands and Singapore's Central Business District skyline reflected in — Nicolas Lannuzel, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A catamaran moored off Sentosa Cove, Singapore, with the waterfront condominium — Jacklee, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A limestone karst cliff rises straight from the mangrove waterway at Kilim Geofo — Darren Peets (Dcpeets), CC BY-SA 4.0
• A catamaran sails off Datai Bay on Langkawi's northwest coast, with Datai Island — Glen Belbeck (outofsocks), CC BY-ND 2.0
• Cargo ships silhouetted on the horizon of the Strait of Malacca after sunset. — ---=XEON=--- (Panoramio user 760796), CC BY 3.0

Turkey Gocek Bodrum

• Bodrum Castle stands over the marina, its towers rising beyond a forest of yacht — Hamdigumus, CC0 1.0
• Two gulets anchor off the narrow beach of Butterfly Valley, hemmed in by sheer l — Ezzeldin.Elbaksawy, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Second-century walls of the sunken city at Simena sit just below the surface of — JamesDavidShoots, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Gulets lie at anchor in the bay below Gemiler Island's early Byzantine ruins, on — Cobija, CC0 1.0
• A gulet's rigging is silhouetted against the evening sky over Fethiye Bay, with — Alexander Annenkov, CC BY 2.0
• A classic two-masted wooden gulet rides at anchor in calm water on Turkey's Turq — Engin Akyurt, Pexels License

Panama San Blas

• Coconut palms line a white-sand beach on a Guna Yala islet in the San Blas archi — Ayaita, CC BY 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
• Hand-carved wooden ulu canoes, dugout from single tree trunks, drawn up on shore — Ben Kucinski, CC BY 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic)
• Empty lock chambers and rail-mounted towing locomotives at the Panama Canal, pho — Gary Bembridge, CC BY 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic)
• Yachts and sailboats ride at anchor in Portobelo bay, viewed from the ruined Spa — Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic)
• Palm-shaded sand and clear turquoise water along the coast of Saboga in the Pear — Rowan Heuvel, CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

Zanzibar

• Dhows, dinghies, and inter-island ferries anchored in the calm waters off Stone — JD Woodward, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
• A traditional dhow under full sail silhouetted against a burning orange sunset o — Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic)
• A split above- and below-water view of striped reef fish swimming in turquoise s — Jorge Láscar, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic)
• The white sand beach at Nungwi on Zanzibar's northern tip, with small boats anch — ObonyoML, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
• A traditional ngalawa outrigger sailing canoe beached on the shore of Zanzibar I — JD Woodward, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
• The palm-fringed shoreline at Matemwe on Zanzibar's spice coast, with dhows moor — Olivier Lejade, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic)

St Lucia

• Gros Piton and Petit Piton rise straight out of the Caribbean Sea off Saint Luci — Dr. Anthony R. Picciolo, NOAA NODC, Public Domain (PD-USGov-NOAA)
• Sailing and motor yachts lie at anchor in Marigot Bay, a deep, hillside-sheltere — ImagePerson, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
• The Soufrière waterfront promenade looks out over the harbour anchorage to Petit — Shawn (Airdrie, Canada / Shawn David Roberts), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
• The palm-backed beach at Anse Chastanet's reef bay, with Petit Piton rising abov — Martin Tuchscherer, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
• An elevated view over Soufrière Bay shows the town packed between forested hills — Mjr74, Public Domain (self-released by author)
• Gros Piton and Petit Piton tower over Soufrière town and the coastline, seen fro — Aneil Lutchman, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Palau

• Aerial view over the forested limestone islets and turquoise channels of Palau's — Luka Peternel, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Rock Islands seen from lagoon level, their undercut limestone bases rising strai — Luka Peternel, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A snorkeller swims among thousands of stingless golden jellyfish in Palau's Jell — tata_aka_T, CC BY 2.0
• A giant manta ray glides over the reef at German Channel, Palau's best-known man — amanderson2, CC BY 2.0
• The Seventy Islands (Ngerukewid), a strict nature reserve of uninhabited limesto — Tetsuji Sakakibara, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Aerial view of the reef drop-off at Blue Corner on Palau's Ngemelis reef system, — Luka Peternel, CC BY-SA 4.0

Dominican Republic

• Yachts and sportfishing boats moored in rows at Cap Cana Marina on the Dominican — Uirá Porã, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Clear, shallow turquoise water meets a palm-fringed beach on Isla Saona, off the — Danu Widjajanto, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Shallow turquoise water near the shoreline of Isla Saona, inside Cotubanamá Nati — José Espanca, CC BY 3.0
• Fortaleza Ozama and the Colonial City skyline seen across the Ozama River in San — Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0
• Drone view over the Catedral Primada and Parque Colón in the heart of Santo Domi — Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0
• Karst limestone islets rise straight out of the water along the coast of Los Hai — Jason Boldero, CC BY 2.0
• The Caño Hondo river winds through mangroves and karst hills inside Los Haitises — Starus, CC BY-SA 3.0

Palawan

• Jagged limestone karst islands rise from the turquoise waters of Bacuit Bay near — Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
• A turquoise lagoon enclosed by sheer limestone cliffs inside the Bacuit Bay arch — Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
• Kayangan Lake on Coron Island, its clear water framed by steep limestone karst c — H.abanil, CC BY-SA 3.0
• A traditional bangka outrigger boat crosses the turquoise water of El Nido Bay a — Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
• A reef sandbar within Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, the UNESCO World Heritage at — Dianathegreat2018, CC BY-SA 4.0

Brazil Costa Verde

• Traditional double-masted wooden schooners, the boats used for day excursions to — Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0
• A fleet of schooners and fishing boats crowds the historic pier of Paraty, gatew — TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Granite boulders and turquoise shallows at Lopes Mendes beach on Ilha Grande, wi — Cibele Brugnera, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Small forested islands scatter across the turquoise waters of Ilha Grande Bay, s — Kelly Crystina Almeida Soares, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A lone fishing boat rides at anchor in the still, teal water of Saco do Mamanguá — TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The Saco do Mamanguá inlet seen from a shoreline lodge, with a distinctive twin- — Adriane A Medeiros, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Dense Atlantic Forest rainforest crowds a rocky, boat-dotted cove on the trail t — Tomás R M de Paula, CC BY-SA 4.0

Spanish Virgins

• Palm-fringed white sand meets turquoise shallows at Flamenco Beach on Culebra, c — Marco Zanferrari, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Aerial view of Flamenco Beach's crescent bay on Culebra, its reef-edged turquois — Breezy Baldwin, CC BY 2.0
• Looking along the malecón waterfront at Esperanza, Vieques, gateway village for — Rar285, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The weathered stone tower of the 1886 Culebrita Lighthouse, the oldest Spanish-e — sbeam, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Sailboats ride at anchor in a reef-sheltered turquoise cove off Culebrita, seen — JRick1, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Clear turquoise shallows fringe the sand spit of Icacos Cay off Fajardo, with Pu — Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0

Vanuatu

• Lava fountains erupt from the crater of Mount Yasur, an active volcano on Tanna — Romain Pontida, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Boats moored in Port Vila harbour on Efate island, Vanuatu, with the hillside to — Michael Coghlan, CC BY-SA 2.0
• The white sand and turquoise lagoon of Champagne Beach on Espiritu Santo, Vanuat — Simon_sees (Simon Goodall), CC BY 2.0
• A water-level view of the clear turquoise lagoon and forested headland at Champa — Simon_sees (Simon Goodall), CC BY 2.0
• A scuba diver photographs coral-encrusted WWII wreckage on the seabed at Million — Roderick Eime, CC BY 2.0
• The vivid blue freshwater of Nanda Blue Hole, ringed by overhanging rainforest o — Simon_sees (Simon Goodall), CC BY 2.0

Costa Rica Pacific

• Aerial view of the yacht marina at Quepos, Costa Rica, home to Marina Pez Vela a — Luis Kuthe, Pexels License (free to use, no attribution required)
• Playa Espadilla Sur, the palm- and rainforest-backed beach at the entrance to Ma — Christophe Meneboeuf, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Bahía Prieta, a sheltered forested cove on the Papagayo peninsula, Guanacaste pr — LorraineAtkins, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Rainforest runs straight down to a curving beach on Golfo Dulce near Golfito, on — Ron Knight, CC BY 2.0

Nosy Be Madagascar

• The volcanic, forested coastline of Nosy Be, Madagascar's main resort island, se — Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0
• An outrigger pirogue drawn up on the shore at Dzamandzar, on Nosy Be's coast. — Jiròni B., CC BY-SA 4.0
• The pale sand spit and shallow turquoise water of the Nosy Iranja sandbar, off t — Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (also multi-licensed CC BY-SA 2.5/2.0/1.0 and GFDL 1.2+)
• Nosy Tsarabanjina, a small island at the southern end of the Mitsio archipelago — Eric Drakar, CC BY-SA 3.0
• A black lemur (Eulemur macaco) on Nosy Komba, the island known locally as the is — Lebelot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (also multi-licensed CC BY-SA 2.5/2.0/1.0 and GFDL 1.2+)

Sri Lanka

• The Dutch-era ramparts of Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, photographed from the Indian Oc — Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A blue whale lifts its tail fluke above the water off Mirissa on Sri Lanka's sou — Arian Zwegers, CC BY 2.0
• Stilt fishermen sit on wooden poles above the shallows near Koggala, on Sri Lank — Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0
• An aerial view of stilt fishermen's poles standing in the surf along Sri Lanka's — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0

Dominica

• A leaning coconut palm frames the wide sweep of Prince Rupert Bay at Portsmouth, — Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Small wooden boats are moored and beached along the fishing waterfront at Portsm — eschipul, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A wooden rowboat sits at anchor on the calm, jungle-fringed waters of the Indian — Rémi Jouan, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Volcanic gas bubbles stream up from the seabed past a diver at Champagne Reef, D — amanderson2, CC BY 2.0
• The Scotts Head tombolo, the narrow spit linking Cachacrou headland to the Domin — Schwarzer Kater, CC BY 2.5
• A wind-bent palm frames the view over Soufrière Bay to the village below, lookin — Schwarzerkater, CC BY 2.0
• Steam rises off the churning, slate-grey waters of Boiling Lake, a flooded fumar — Bayukjdr, CC BY-SA 4.0

Vietnam Halong

• Traditional junk boats cruise between towering limestone karst pillars in Ha Lon — Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0
• Cruise junks return across Ha Long Bay's calm water as the sun sets behind its l — shankar s., CC BY 2.0
• A floating fishing village with fish-farming pens sits beneath forested limeston — Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Green limestone islets of Lan Ha Bay spread toward the horizon, seen from the Ca — Edgardo W. Olivera, CC BY 2.0
• Fishing boats sit silhouetted against a fiery sunrise over Nha Trang Bay on Viet — ChiLam Ly, CC BY 2.0
• The rugged Mui Ca Map headland looks out over turquoise water on Con Son Island, — Daniel Dao (Terminalwlyonline), CC BY 4.0
• Dat Doc Beach curves beneath a forested granite headland on Con Son, the main is — Tuderna, CC BY 3.0

Bazaruto

• Wind-carved dunes on Benguerra Island slope down to a tidal channel in the Bazar — Cornelius Kibelka, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic)
• Aerial view of pale sand flats and braided tidal channels on Benguerra Island, p — Tom Corser, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported)
• A traditional dhow sails offshore of Benguerra Island in the Bazaruto Archipelag — Cornelius Kibelka, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic)
• Wooden dhows lie beached at low tide on the Vilanculos waterfront, the mainland — Tom Corser, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported)
• Fishing dhows rest on the tidal sand flats of Vilanculos beach, Mozambique, at l — Cornelius Kibelka, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic)
• Aerial view of dhows anchored off the curving beach at Vilanculos under a squall — Tom Corser, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported)

Cyprus Levant

• Sailing yachts moored in Limassol Marina, with the modern waterfront towers of L — Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Looking out through a natural rock arch inside one of the Cape Greco sea caves n — Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Waves break against the wind-carved limestone headland at Cape Greco, riddled wi — Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0
• The turquoise shallows and rocky islet of the Blue Lagoon on the Akamas Peninsul — Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Kyrenia's old harbour seen from the ramparts of Kyrenia Castle, with the Kyrenia — DaenielN, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tunisia

• An elevated view over Sidi Bou Said's yacht marina on the Gulf of Tunis, with th — OsamaK, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The crenellated watchtower and stone courtyard of the Ribat of Monastir, the for — GIRAUD Patrick (Calips), CC BY-SA 2.5
• The turquoise bay and palm-lined corniche of Monastir curve past the town's wate — Gorik Francois, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A blue-and-white fishing boat motors past the stone breakwater into the small ha — phileole, CC BY 2.0
• The sea-facing sandstone walls of Hammamet's medina, with its whitewashed dome, — BishkekRocks, Public Domain

Lisbon Cascais

• The Torre de Belém, a 16th-century Manueline fortress standing at the water's ed — Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Praça do Comércio, Lisbon's grand riverside square, seen from the Tagus with its — Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0
• The Ponte 25 de Abril suspension bridge spans the Tagus between Lisbon and Almad — Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Marina de Cascais and the open bay beyond, with the resort town's waterfront cur — Chris (Effervescing Elephant), CC BY-SA 2.0
• The cliffs of Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of mainland Europe, topped by — Sonse, CC BY 2.0
• Sea stacks and Atlantic surf at Praia da Ursa, a wild beach on the Sintra coast — Erico Reis Junior, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Aerial drone view of Azenhas do Mar, a whitewashed clifftop village on the Sintr — Wdejager, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cape Verde

• Porto Grande harbour in Mindelo, São Vicente, with the distinctive silhouette of — Lka, CC BY-SA 3.0
• The jagged, wave-carved north coast of Ponta do Sol on Santo Antão island. — Franzfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0
• A wind-sculpted sand dune runs down to the Atlantic at Praia de Cruz, Boa Vista. — Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0
• The stratovolcano Pico do Fogo and its secondary cone dominate Fogo island. — Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Volcanic lava fields and vineyards inside the Chã das Caldeiras crater at the fo — Franzfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0

Belize

• Aerial view of the Great Blue Hole, a circular submarine sinkhole roughly 300 me — The TerraMar Project, CC BY 2.0
• Bright turquoise water and a mangrove-fringed shore at the Split, the hurricane- — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
• The sun sets over the Caribbean at the Split in Caye Caulker, with sailboats sil — Samantha Beddoes, CC BY 2.0
• Dive boats moored at small wooden jetties along Barrier Reef Drive on the San Pe — Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY-SA 4.0
• A wooden skiff named Martha sits moored in the shallow, clear flats of Turneffe — Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0
• A southern stingray glides over a seagrass bed at Shark Ray Alley off Ambergris — Bernard Dupont, CC BY-SA 2.0
• A nurse shark cruises over a coral reef near Ambergris Caye, Belize. — Joseph Thomas, Public domain