883 Free Photos of Atoll

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

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

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

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

Cross on the north side of Midway's harbor

landscape water

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

underwater ocean

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

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

underwater fish

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

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

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

A sleepy adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

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

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

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 sea cucumber... ahem... "making sand"

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

Close-up of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 parked in front of the NAF Hangar

military aircraft

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

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a red leg band quacks

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

underwater fish

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

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

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

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

underwater ocean

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

Wisdom and Chick 2014

Kūkini stretching

wildlife animals

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

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

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

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

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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

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

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

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

This field of Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) is somewhere around 50% capacity

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

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

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

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

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

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

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

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

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

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

wildlife reptiles

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

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

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

NMSAS - Fish At Rose Atoll

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

Two adult red-footed boobies (Sula sula) perch on a dead branch

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

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick attempts to swallow an extremely large meal brought back by one of its parents

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

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

Two sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

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

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

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

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

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

The sun sets between two fuel tanks

Looking south from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

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

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.

aircraft vehicle

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

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.

Wisdom's mate Akeakamai with their newest chick. Photo credit: Bob Peyton/USFWS

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

animals pacific

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

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

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 bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

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

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

underwater animals

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

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) peers through tall grass

Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

Two U.S. Coast Guard C-130 aircraft parked in front of the NAF Hangar

aircraft vehicle

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