"Maldives" was taken this year in the Maldives, of course.  Much of the hard coral on the reef was dead from El Nino.  I was surprised that the anthias and the gorgonions gave the reef so much color.  I like the pose of the turtle who was more interested in finding something to eat than he was concerned about me.  This was the third in a series of five images that I took of this turtle who was cruising the reef at a very leisurely pace.

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