Gerry Ellis / Conch shell on Seven Mile Beach, Grand Turk Island, Turk and Caicos Islands, Caribbean

Konrad Wothe / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) tree on beach, Tobago, West Indies, Caribbean

Konrad Wothe / Beach, Pigeon Point, Tobago, West Indies, Caribbean

Pete Oxford / Trash washed up on beach from ocean, Washington Slagbaai National Park, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

Piotr Naskrecki / Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) female, cautiously approaching the edge of the beach to release her eggs during full moon, Dominican Republic

Konrad Wothe / Beach strand, Caribbean

Gerry Ellis / Cruise ship off west coast of Tobago, Caribbean

Gerry Ellis / Grand Anse Des Salines, Martinique, West Indies

Gerry Ellis / Little Tobago Island, Tobago, Caribbean

Jim Brandenburg / Tree on beach showing buttressed roots, Saint John Island, Virgin Islands National Park, Caribbean