Stranded landscape The water is the color

The water is the color it is because of the limestone bottom and the depth — clear

Then golden hour broke

the turquoise comes from glacial silt fine enough to scatter light

The mountain is quiet for about another forty minutes

the largest of the Greek Cyclades and the unusual one — most islands in the chain are stone

Stranded landscape The water is the colorKelingking Beach is the deep cove on the southwest coast of Nusa Penida, the cliff walled island a short ferry from Bali. The headland is shaped, from above, almost exactly like a T Rex's head which is why it photographs the way it does, and why most people stop at the viewpoint rather than make the steep, partially unmaintained scramble to the sand below. Max shot the descent paid off: one figure on the beach, no one else.