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  • America’s newest marine sanctuary, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It’s so rare & so precious that in 2006 the White House declared this a marine national monument. The monument encompasses nearly 140,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean, an area bigger than all U.S. national parks combined, yet the majority of this wilderness has never been seen.
  • Underwater cameraman with a diver films the coral reef in the North West Hawaiian Islands. The Northwestern Hawaii Islands are one of the last relatively pristine coral reef ecosystems.
  • America’s newest marine sanctuary, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It’s so rare & so precious that in 2006 the White House declared this a marine national monument. The monument encompasses nearly 140,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean, an area bigger than all U.S. national parks combined, yet the majority of this wilderness has never been seen.
  • The Northwestern Hawaii Islands are one of the last relatively pristine coral reef ecosystems.
  • Underwater cameraman films the coral reef in the North West Hawaiian Islands. The Northwestern Hawaii Islands are one of the last relatively pristine coral reef ecosystems.
  • When albatross chicks try to fly for the first time, sometimes they jump the gun and end up floating in the shark-infested waters.
  • Birds flying over the north west Hawaiian Islands at sunset.
  • Clouds floating over the north west Hawaiian Islands at sunset.
  • In the North West Hawaiian Islands are filled with birds that flock here every year to nest.

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    America’s newest marine sanctuary, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It’s so rare & so precious that in 2006 the White House declared this a marine national monument. The monument encompasses nearly 140,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean, an area bigger than all U.S. national parks combined, yet the majority of this wilderness has never been seen.

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    Underwater cameraman with a diver films the coral reef in the North West Hawaiian Islands. The Northwestern Hawaii Islands are one of the last relatively pristine coral reef ecosystems.

  • Americas Wild Spaces Hidden Hawaii 06

    America’s newest marine sanctuary, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It’s so rare & so precious that in 2006 the White House declared this a marine national monument. The monument encompasses nearly 140,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean, an area bigger than all U.S. national parks combined, yet the majority of this wilderness has never been seen.

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    The Northwestern Hawaii Islands are one of the last relatively pristine coral reef ecosystems.

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    Underwater cameraman films the coral reef in the North West Hawaiian Islands. The Northwestern Hawaii Islands are one of the last relatively pristine coral reef ecosystems.

  • Americas Wild Spaces Hidden Hawaii 02

    When albatross chicks try to fly for the first time, sometimes they jump the gun and end up floating in the shark-infested waters.

  • Americas Wild Spaces Hidden Hawaii 03

    Birds flying over the north west Hawaiian Islands at sunset.

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    Clouds floating over the north west Hawaiian Islands at sunset.

  • Americas Wild Spaces Hidden Hawaii 05

    In the North West Hawaiian Islands are filled with birds that flock here every year to nest.

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