908 Free Images of Atoll

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A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) flies over Eastern Island

A red slate pencil urchin (Heterocentrotus mamillatus) on Midway's fringing reef

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A shoe and a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A patch of beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick under an ironwood tree

A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

Close-up of a wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

Sitting in a rather dangerous spot, this juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) probably won't fledge

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

wildlife reptiles

An elderly Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a highly worn leg band

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) preens its back

Standard view from the Clipper House dining hall

landscape summer

Close-up of a potential white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) nesting site

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Officers' Row lit by the light of the full moon

architecture dark

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) inspects a danger sign on an old building

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) parent with its chick

A white tern (Gygis alba) approaches from the lone tree on the airfield

Juvenile Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) swim in a seep on Eastern Island; in the background, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui has arrived to translocate some of these ducks to Kure Atoll as part of the species conservation plan

NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

airplane pacific

Wisdom and Chick 2014

Marine Debris Collected on Midway Atoll

marine debris celebrities

Wisdom and her chick

Sand Island with NAS Midway aerial photo 1990

historical history

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

One of the first black-footed albatross pairs (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season

Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming in Midway's lagoon

underwater ocean

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) sits in the sun

A female great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

The sky over Eastern Island is full of birds

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) and their nest on Eastern Island

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

A large group of Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) gathers at Catchment

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick has a cozy little shade spot

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) in flight

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

NOAA's marine debris ship, the Hi'ialakai, at night

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) (or hybrid Laysan–black-footed, potentially)

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment for a quick drink

A flock of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) gathers in Midway's "Boneyard"

Two juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) look at a third

The airfield and water tanks on the southern shore of Sand Island, as seen from the water

landscape water

A Christmas shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) flies over the landscape of Eastern Island

Two oval butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) swim through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

An elderly male Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a blue leg band

A Bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) sits in the yard of the Volunteer House

Several juvenile great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) perched in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) breaches in Midway's lagoon

Kūkini stretching

wildlife animals

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

A Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) in front of the Volunteer House, where I lived

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Looking south from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

A school of yellow-striped goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron) swims through Midway's fringing reef

Close-up of an adult male Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

Close-up of a juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

Two pairs of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) shortly after returning to Midway for the breeding season

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

wildlife reptiles

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) scratches its head wth its foot

Two juvenile Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) observe a sailboat attempting to enter the Refuge

Looking right into the mouth of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

A small sampling of the marine debris collection I amassed during the four months I spent on Midway

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

A juvenile entertains an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

The Midway aviary, used as a temporary holding place for Laysan ducks captured for translocation as part of the USFWS Species Recovery Plan

The sun sets between two fuel tanks

Close-up of an adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

Ultra-long exposure of the Milky Way over the Midway sign by the cargo pier (attempt #1)

A juvenile female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) forages in front of the Chugach office among the fallen nuts

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) in flight

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

NMSAS - Fish At Rose Atoll

A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

Close-up of a wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

One of the largest endangered pōpolo (Solanum nelsonii) plants on Sand Island: AFTER non-native plant removal

Two sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

Two pairs of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) shortly after returning to Midway for the breeding season

Fish swim across the purple coral of Midway's fringing reef

Marine debris, largely composed of plastic, intermingles with organic material that has washed up on Midway

Yes, that white tern (Gygis alba) is sitting on an egg laid on a chunk of broken concrete dangling from the end of a piece of rebar

White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) against a blue sky

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) perches on a dead branch

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

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