11.   Wavelets swished idly over white sand and the broad plain of the sea stretched away into darkness.

12.   Nothing could have been a greater contrast to the Hamptons -- where miles and miles of unspoilt coastline and white sands edged the rugged Atlantic Ocean.

13.   The cliff was sheer, dropping down to secret rocky coves below them with the sea gently lapping white sand.

14.   Rachel sat there alone, staring blankly at the turquoise sea as it rippled softly on white sand.

15.   The turquoise sea lapped softly at the hot white sands.

16.   Mitjorn beach is home to a couple of hotels and hostels and is a long, lazy affair of white soft sand.

17.   It has an enticing colour photograph of palm trees and white sand.

18.   Avigail Tzarfati took a memorable shot of three little boys in yarmulkes walking on white sand, two of them chatting and one struggling to catch up.

19.   Beaches on the north shore have fine white sand, while those on the south shore sport red clay.

20.   A narrow slice of white sand wrapped around the dunes, curved to admit the clear blue water, and then led out to a massive, black rock.