The bottom is mainly brilliant white sand or greenish grass, but we were searching for the vaguely brown and yellow hues that indicate the rocks and coral where Caribbean spiny lobster (commonly referred to as "bugs" for their insect-like appearance) live.

BBC: Lobster diving in the Abacos

White balls discoloured by the grass are difficult for fielders and batsmen to see in certain light conditions.

BBC: Pink ball makes debut at Lord's

Grass-roots activists complain that the White House has persistently supported moderates against conservatives in Republican primaries: witness its backing for Elizabeth Dole in South Carolina, Lamar Alexander in Tennessee and, disastrously, Richard Riordan in California.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

That's part of the challenge for the 32 Republican governors who attended the conference: to cultivate the grass roots back home, roots that could grow into votes for a GOP White House victory years from now.

CNN: GOP Governors Confront Gender Gap

One is so old and gaunt that the hair on his body is white, and the sweat on his chest hangs like drops of the first rains on dry blades of grass.

NEWYORKER: Baptizing the Gun

At first it looks more like a fat white and yellow fish swimming through a green sun-speckled ocean, as if it and the tree and the grass were occupants of a fantastical aquarium.

ECONOMIST: Leon Kossoff