Strawn Island at Palmyra Atoll NWR
Palms drape over clear water at Strawn Island, one of more than 50 islets at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific
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Laura Beauregard/USFWS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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