862 Free Images of Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument

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A safety vehicle approaches United Airlines Flight 201 after the pilot made an emergency landing on Midway due to an electrical fire

Naupaka (Scaevola sericea) and the remnants of a pier on West Beach

North Beach on Sand Island as seen from just outside the fringing feer

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A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

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Three juvenile great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) sit in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush, panting to keep cool

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) in flight

Three juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) squabble over a perch

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) perch on the remnants of a seawall near Rusty Bucket

An adult Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) wanders across Eastern Island, surrounded by sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus)

A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall

Following the Puma

Preparing for Launch

Banded Urchin at Gardner Pinnacles

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Octopus at Gardner Pinnacles

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Potter's Angelfish

Jelly at Pearl and Hermes

Jelly at Pearl and Hermes

Recompression Chamber Briefing

Solitary Hydroid

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Wreck of the Pearl at Pearl and Hermes Atoll

Hydroid at Gardner Pinnacles

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Pearl Gudgeon

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.

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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.

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The Puma Team

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) snaps at another booby flying too close

Full moon in the sunset as seen from the cargo pier

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Eastern Island as seen from Spit Island

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) pokes its head just above the gentle waves in Midway's shallow lagoon

Looking north, toward the Finger Piers, from the north side of the harbor entrance

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Extreme close-up of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) eye

A flock of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) plus one Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) flies over Eastern Island

A flock of Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) bathes in Catchment as sand contaminated by lead paint is taken to the abatement area

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) and a juvenile great frigatebird (Fregata minor) sit in a dead tree on Eastern Island

A cloud of adult and juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) gliding over Eastern Island

One of the first black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season flies over North Beach

Safety Procedure Briefing

Jellyfish at Pearl and Hermes

Jellyfish at Pearl and Hermes

Size difference between adult male and female Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) and the vagrant female northern pintail

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) on the beach on Eastern Island

The sun sets over the western part of North Beach

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Short-tailed albatross decoys placed on Eastern Island by USFWS in an attempt to establish a breeding population of the species outside of Japan

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Close-up of a juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

Two juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) squabble over a perch

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

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

Coral and Giant Trevally

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Ophidiid Fish off Salmon Bank in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

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Kelly on Ascent at Maro Reef

Whitespotted Toby

PMNM - Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi

Chub at Gardner Pinnacles

Wisdom's mate Akeakamai incubating their egg 2017

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) and a brown noddy (Anous stolidus) share a dead branch on Eastern Island

A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg next to "R2," an old water treatment area that has been repurposed as a lead paint abatement enclosure for contaminated soil

Spotted Eagle Rays

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Safety Feature Demonstration

Deep Water Algae Bed

The Seastar Mithrodia Fisheri

PMNM - Lisianski Algal Bloom On Bleached Coral

Diver Recall System

A sailboat attempting to enter the closed waters of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is met by Refuge staff, who learn that the ship's water maker has broken. They were given fresh water so they could return home.

A wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick is barely visible under the rubble its nest has been built under

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A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg next to "R2," an old water treatment area that has been repurposed as a lead paint abatement enclosure for contaminated soil

Red-footed boobies (Sula sula) and great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) gliding over Eastern Island

Juvenile gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) in flight

Iridescent Cardnialfish

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits so long for its fledging chick to return for a meal that an ant climbs into the mouth of one of the fish it's holding

Three nests in one photo: white tern (Gygis alba), brown noddy (Anous stolidus), and red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

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.

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Divers Descending to Deep Ledge

Hole in Reef at Gardner Pinnacles

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Banded Coral Shrimp at Gardner Pinnacles

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Crown of Thorns Closeup

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Maro Pliestocene Reef

Expedition Members

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) exhibiting the characteristing squinting associated with botulism. This individual was captured, treated, immunized, banded, and re-released.

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) surrounded by Atlantic canaries (Serinus canaria). Midway is home to the only self-sustaining population of yellow canaries outside of the Canary Islands.

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) flies over Naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bushes on North Beach at sunset

Hawaiian Hogfish at Gardner Pinnacles

Chub at Gardner Pinnacles

PMNM - monkseal lays on beach

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) sits on North Beach under a moonbow (a rainbow formed by moonlight)

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

The 350 passengers of United Airlines Flight 201 stream towards the plane to retrieve their luggage after making an emergency landing on Midway due to an electrical fire

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Iridescent Cardnialfish

Mate (left) and Wisdom with egg 28NOV15 2

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Juvenile Thompson's Anthias on deep reef

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.

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Giant Trevally Swimming Over at Lisianski

Crown of Thorns Closeup at Gardner Pinnacles

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Wisdom's Mate 1.21.2016

Banded Coral Shrimp at Gardner Pinnacles

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