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How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers? 

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

The exorbitant price of paradise.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

This moss-covered, rocky outcropping looks like a mythical beast resting in the water.

Legend says this remote, “bottomless” lake was created by a curse.

Proof of ancient aliens, or simply a creative way for farm laborers to clear their fields?

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

On one of the world's most active volcanoes, a pebble-filled crater changes color with the wind.

Réunion Island's highest point is a two-million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

The unexpected mascot of Shetland's capital.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.