A Crown of Thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), on a tropical coral reef, in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A gorgonian sea fan (possibly Echinogorgia species) octocoral on a tropical coral reef, in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A tropical island fringing reef, just offshore from Havodda island, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A tropical island beachside coconut palm, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A tropical island beachside coconut palm, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A mix of Acropora species hard corals, on a tropical coral reef, around Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A tropical island beachside coconut palm, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A tropical island beachside coconut palm, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A shoreline coconut palm at sunset, on Havodda island, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A mix of Acropora species hard corals, on a tropical coral reef, around Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Small reef fish crowd around outcrops of Pocillopora species hard corals, a coral reef in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A shoal of Blue-striped Snappers (Lutjanus kasmira) swims across a tropical coral reef, in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A diver around a Stylophora species hard coral, on a tropical coral reef, in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, The Maldives. Indian Ocean, Asia

A shoal of Blue-striped Snappers (Lutjanus kasmira) swims across a tropical coral reef, in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A tropical island sand bar, on Havodda island, in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A shoal of Yellowback Fusiliers (Caesio teres) swim around Acropora species hard corals, Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

A tropical beach, on Havodda island, in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, in the far south of The Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia