The Arabian Sea

Lakshadweep.

Six frames from the atolls. Casuarina shade, a lagoon you can read the bottom of, and weather that builds all afternoon and never quite arrives. Shot on a phone, date stamp left on.

Lakshadweep — casuarina shade on the beach, two figures at the water — 01Casuarinas over the sand

Lakshadweep — coral visible through clear shallow water — 02Coral, read through the water

Lakshadweep — turquoise shallows meeting white sand — 03The shelf where it turns

Lakshadweep — pines above the beach, lagoon beyond — 04Shade, and then the lagoon

Lakshadweep — surf breaking on the shore — 05Surf, arriving

Lakshadweep — cloud bank over the lagoon at dusk — 06Weather building offshore

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