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Boats over the flats, cays ringed with sand, and what you meet under the surface.
Every frame shows the kind of place a snorkel tour Turks and Caicos operator reaches from Providenciales
or Grand Turk.
The first pictures are the boats. Sailing catamarans ride at anchor over pale turquoise
flats. A double-decker waits with snorkelers beside it, and a speedboat sits by a rusting wreck.
Most frames are taken from the air, which is how you see the water change colour over sand,
seagrass and reef.
Next come the cays and beaches: a sandbar at low tide, a small cay ringed with white sand and
mangrove channels from above. Then the cays' own residents, the rock iguanas, and a queen conch
shell at the water's edge.
The last frames are in the water. Sea turtles rest on seagrass and glide over a reef. Schools of
reef fish swirl past, and a dolphin passes two snorkelers. None of the animals keeps a schedule,
so treat each one as a bonus rather than a promise.
A sailing catamaran over pale turquoise flats off a white beach, seen from the airA sailing catamaran anchored off a white-sand spit in turquoise waterA sailing catamaran anchored in a turquoise lagoon between low green cays, seen from aboveA boat pulled up at the tip of a white sandbar in clear waterTwo catamarans beached side by side at a sandbar, seen from the airA small charter boat pulled up on a white-sand beachA motor yacht at anchor in turquoise water, swimmers off the sternA double-decker catamaran at anchor with snorkelers in the water beside itA boat crossing turquoise water dotted with dark reef patches, seen from aboveA sailing catamaran under full sail against an orange sunsetA catamaran anchored off a long white beach lined with resort buildingsA speedboat anchored in shallow turquoise water beside a rusting shipwreckA rusting shipwreck lying in turquoise water, seen from directly aboveA small cay ringed with white sand and turquoise shallows, seen from the airA wide sandbar in clear shallow water, one figure far out on the flatsA picnic table on a quiet beach under casuarina trees, turquoise water beyondA white-sand beach running into pale turquoise shallowsA curving beach below low limestone cliffsA long white beach curving along turquoise water, seen from high aboveMangrove channels and green flats seen from the airDark reef patches under turquoise water, seen from high aboveA rock iguana resting on white sandA rock iguana among the scrub on a small cayRock iguanas resting on a white beach below the scrubA queen conch shell lying on white sand at the water's edgeTwo snorkelers face down in turquoise water as a dolphin swims pastSnorkelers spread over a reef in blue water, seen from aboveA school of fish around snorkelers under waterA masked snorkeler diving beside a sea turtle over the seabedA sea turtle resting on a seagrass bedA sea turtle over a coral reef, a snorkeler at the surfaceA sea turtle in clear mangrove shallows, kayaks in the distanceA cushion starfish on a seagrass bed in clear shallow waterBlue tang swimming over a reef of sea fans and spongesSergeant majors and blue tang over a reef