Indonesia's Banda Sea
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Diver with mushroom leather corals, a purple sea fan and orange soft corals on the reef at Hatta Island.
Five minutes into my first dive in the Banda Sea, I came face-to-face with a scalloped hammerhead shark, gliding effortlessly in its underwater realm as it emerged from the depths to investigate the alien visitors descending from above. A second hammerhead swam past a moment later but was less bold in its approach and quickly disappeared back into the abyss.