Laura - 12/18/2010 3:06 PM
Tortugonias Reef, Palmyra Atoll is part of the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge located 957 miles south of Hawai’i just north of the equator. It was a working dive, helping set benthic transects to study the corals.This is the most beautiful reef I have ever seen. The bottom is covered in so many gorgeous corals: staghorn, tabletop, porites... Too many manini to count, giant clams with colorful mantles displayed, bohar snapper, bumpheads, parrotfish, and more. The colors are so vibrant it took my breath away.