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Wake Island

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Aerial photograph of Wake Island. The deep ocean water around the atoll is dark blue, the shallow lagoon water is light blue.
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Aerial photo of Wake Island Dec. 15, 2006, taken from a KC-135 Extender from the 74th Air Refueling Squadron, Grissom Air Force Reserve Base, Indiana. Wake island was devastated by 185 mile per hour winds and a storm surge caused by Super Typhoon Ioke in August of 2006.

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