1. Nosy Iranja

    Two islands linked by a two-kilometer sandbar that emerges and vanishes with the tide, Nosy Iranja off Madagascar's coast reveals a landscape both geologic and ephemeral. Sea turtles nest here, and the turquoise shallows invite snorkeling in waters that seem designed to erase the boundary between island and ocean.

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    Nosy Iranja, Madagascar · Sahamatevina

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