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Exploring Yemen’s most mysterious island above and below the surface By Hamid Obaid Al Ali Socotra Island has long captured the imagination of travelers, photographers, and naturalists. Often described as the most alien-looking place on Earth, the island is famous for its surreal landscapes and endemic plant life found nowhere else on the planet. The iconic Dragon’s Blood Tree, with its umbrella-shaped canopy and ancient, mythical presence, has become the symbol of Socotra’s

A firsthand encounter with the Blue-tail Unicornfish in the Maldives While diving last January in the Maldives, I experienced one of those rare underwater moments that makes you question your own perception. Mid-dive, as I moved slowly along the reef, looking for something interesting to shoot with my underwater camera, I glimpsed a large reef fish hovering close to the rocky sea bottom. Its appearance was striking but familiar - until, when I started getting closer to it, it