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It is high tide and a full moon hangs high in the heavens, casting a brilliant light that reflects in the Atlantic Ocean along French Guiana's coast of Awala-Yalimpo. We have the best conditions to watch leatherback and green sea turtles that come ashore to lay their eggs.

Green turtles at Awala-Yalimpo beach in French Guiana

We follow deep, crescent-shaped tracks in the sand, made by the turtle's legs and flippers as she moved her body to the soft sand of the low dunes. In a deep hole, partly hidden by vegetation, we look down on the shell of a green turtle and automatically back up not to disturb her. The turtle is motionless, the only betrayal of her being alive are the sudden sounds of breath that escape from her throat.

At last, after what must have been at least an hour, the green turtle is done with her job. She closes her nest and steadily moves to her safe haven, the ocean. She is exhausted and rests every few seconds, putting down her head and panting. At last she reaches the surf. Her head disappears first, the next wave swallows the rest of her body and she is gone.

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