Photo: World's Largest Marine Sanctuary Proposed by U.S.

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Gray reef sharks and red snappers hover above table coral in the Pacific Ocean's Kingman Reef.

A proposal announced in August 2008 by President Bush could transform some of the world's most remote and pristine Pacific islands and surrounding waters—including Kingman Reef—into marine national monuments.

Photograph by Brian J. Skerry/NGS

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