#5. La Aqua

La Aqua : How do you explain water? It is colorless, odorless, tasteless. Here is what one Loran Eisley said about water,

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

(In this picture: A jet of water from a pump escapes as men work on a Harbor, Water can be serpent-like)

#4. Buzz

Buzz : According to myth, Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly... but the bumble bee doesn't know this, so it goes on flying anyway.... 

(In this photo: A bumble bee has his way with a lone flower at Kandooma Maldives)

#3. A Ropeful of Hope

A Ropeful of Hope : Sometimes all you need to know is that the rope is there to survive… Sometimes all that is keeping you from drowning is that ropeful of hope…

(In this photo: A boy in Villigili (Male’ City) reaches for the rope of a boat anchored in the harbor after a quick swim in the lagoon)

#2. A Silver Lining

A silver lining  : Every cloud has a silver lining they say...

" Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud,

Turn forth her silver lining on the night "

                                                               -  John Milton (Comus)

(In the photo: Ibrahim Nasir International Airport on the horizon as an angry storm brews to unleash it's fury)

#1. Fight or Flight?

Fight or Flight? : A theory by American physiologist Walter Bradford Cannon states that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system priming the animal for fighting or fleeing.

(Here a White Tern (Maakanaa) in Holiday Inn Resort at Kandooma Maldives flees in towards the vast sea)