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Coral reef of Kamalo, Moloka‛i

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 2008 (approx.)
Aerial photograph of a coral reef along an island.
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Aerial photograph of the reef flat off Kamalo, Moloka‛i, showing numerous channels and blue holes (roughly circular, steep-walled depressions) in the reef flat.

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Public Domain.

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