883 Free Photos of Atoll

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Very unusual colors in the clouds over Midway's lagoon

An adorable white tern (Gygis alba) chick against Midway's blue shoals

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

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Spit Island

Japanese airfield on Mili Atoll under attack by US Navy carrier planes in November 1943

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LST-1108 arrives at Rongerik Atoll on 8 March 1946 (146763092)

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As it decomposes, an albatross carcass reveals the plastic the bird consumed before it died

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) chick begs for food

Plastic marine debris washed up on North Beach

landscape sunny

An adorable white tern (Gygis alba) chick against Midway's blue shoals

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) sits under an artificial shade structure

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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

underwater marine

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A double rainbow all the way across the sky at North Beach

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

Passenger waiting area and Naval Air Facility sign, left over from the Clipper era

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) hanging out at the end of the runway

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) perched in an ironwood tree pants to keep cool

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

The ocean view in pretty much any direction

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

Standard view from the Clipper House dining hall

landscape summer

Midway as seen from just outside the fringing reef

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

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) mate on the beach

Portrait of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

Spectacular sunset over North Beach

landscape water

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

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

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) that came and sat right in the driveway of the USFWS office

Sand Island with NAS Midway aerial photo 1990

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Marine Debris Collected on Midway Atoll

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A white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) flying around the old orchard

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

A close-up view of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) and its unusual mouth

Officers' Row lit by the light of the full moon

architecture dark

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

wildlife reptiles

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment

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

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

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

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

The U.S. Coast Guard C-130 that flew me to Midway preparing to leave

aircraft airplane

A close-up view of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) and its unusual mouth

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) calls at sunset

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

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

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

reptiles animals

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

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

Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) returns to its nest and waiting chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

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

White tern (Gygis alba) chicks are the fluffiest little creatures I've ever seen

Looking into the harbor from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims near the Cargo Pier

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

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

underwater ocean

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

underwater fish

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

landscape water

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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

The sky over Eastern Island is full of birds

Look at the feet on this white tern (Gygis alba) chick!

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

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

A white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) flying around the old orchard

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

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) distracts my subject, a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

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

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

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

underwater fish

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) sits on its nest

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) flies over Eastern Island

Wisdom and her chick

Red Pencil Urchin at Kure Atoll

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A female great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

A Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) stands in the sun

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

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

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

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

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