1874 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - Salt Raking at Salt Cay

Salt Cay is a tiny, flat, triangular island, with an area of only 6.7 sq km and a population of less than 100. Around 1673, British Colonials from Bermuda saw the potential of the shallow and landlocked ponds on many of the islands in the Turks and Caicos, including Salt Cay. At the time, salt was a valuable essential used for food preservation and commanded a high price. Although the early visitors simply raked the naturally-occurring salt, it became obvious that production could be increased and the complex system of divided ponds, gates, channels and pumps was born.

1827 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - Dean and Jojo the Dolphin

JoJo is a male Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin. Dean and JoJo first met in 1981 during Dean's first visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are only eight dolphins in the world that are known to seek out the company of humans and JoJo is the most famous of them. Dean and JoJo's relationship is the longest lived human-dolphin relationship in recorded history. Dolphins like JoJo grow to 2.5m long, weigh about 110kg, and are thought to live to 40 to 50 years or so. JoJo has a female mate that Dean named Chenoa and together they have a year old calf that Dean named JoJo Jr. but he is more affectionately known as MoJo.

1713 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - Market woman

This photo belongs to Michael Friedel. Born in 1935, is known as one of Germany’s best photo-journalists. A freelance photographer and author of over 20 illustrated books, he lives near Munich and since 1961 has published countless photo features in German magazines including Stern and GEO, and in many international publications. Friedel’s particular interest in the ‘dream islands of eternal summer’ has made him an expert on the subject and he has documented the many facets of island life in unique pictures taken above and under water, on land and from the air.