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Kingman Reef NWR. Photo credit: Susan White/USFWS
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Sea Anemone - Kingman Reef NWR
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Giant clams, absent or rare throughout most of the Pacific, are abundant and dominate the reef landscape at Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: Amanda Pollock/USFWS
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Moorish Idols and teardrop butterfly fish are only a couple of immense varieties of reef fish -297 species identified thus far- that call Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge home. Photo Credit: Amanda Pollock/USFWS.
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A pencil urchin is found among the coral at Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Amanda Pollock/USFWS
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Both Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge are home to rare giant clams. Photo credit: Amanda Pollock / USFWS
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Blacktips cruising at Kingman Reef NWR. Photo credit: Kydd Pollock
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A school of manini at Kingman Reef NWR. Photo credit: Kydd Pollock/The Nature Conservancy
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Coral reef. Photo credit: Susan White/USFWS
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The bow of the teak fishing vessel on Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge is the only distinguishable feature back in 2008 stranded on the reef. Photo Credit: Jim Maragos/USFWS.
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Huge surge and breaking waves were some the biggest challenges to remove the shipwreck on Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge. Divers collected deepwater debris in the lagoon while on SCUBA and transferred it to shallow water transport scows at the surf
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Timbers and debris from the teak fishing vessel are lifted out of the water by the shallow water transport scow and secured on the tug at Kingman Reef Naitonal Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Susan White/USFWS.