598 Free Photos of Midway Atoll

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An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) exits the surf

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Plastic inside the carcass of a deceased albatross

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 takes off from Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

aircraft flight

The first Murphy's petrel (Pterodroma ultima) ever recorded on Midway Atoll—which I spotted!

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Looking west towards historic buildings on Midway Atoll: torpedo shop with parachute tower, machine shop, carpentry shop, storage buildings, and the transportation building

landscape rural

Food plants grows in Midway's mydroponic garden

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A plastic lighter inside an albatross carcass

Near the highest point on Sand Island

landscape grass

Various native plants are propagated in Midway's shadehouse

architecture pacific

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

pacific closeup

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Bunchgrass (Eragrostic variabilis) cuttings in Midway's shadehouse await outplanting

Spit Island

landscape summer

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

Wisdom and Chick 2014

Flower and vine of nohu (Tribulus cistoides)

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

Experimentation with long exposure and editing technique

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

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

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

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

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Food plants grows in Midway's mydroponic garden

shopping pacific

Crystal clear water in Midway's lagoon

underwater snorkeling

Yellow and purple coral grow in Midway's fringing reef

underwater snorkeling

A precocious white tern (Gygis alba) chick

Close-up of a white tern (Gygis alba)

Sunset over North Beach on Sand Island

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

aircraft airplane

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A precocious white tern (Gygis alba) chick

A tiny Laysan duckling (Anas laysanensis) swimming

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A pile of dead ironwood trunks is burned in the Boneyard

Midway as seen from just outside the fringing reef

Crystal clear water in Midway's lagoon

underwater snorkeling

Food plants grows in Midway's mydroponic garden

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) egg

A precocious white tern (Gygis alba) chick

A ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) perches on a seawall

Portrait of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Extra fuzzy white tern (Gygis alba) juvenile

This is another white tern (Gygis alba) "nest"

The path to the Clipper House dining hall

landscape water

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

underwater ocean

A white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) chick

Looking into the eye of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg

A large patch of sea purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)

Either a long-billed or short-billed dowitcher

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 taxis from the NAF Hangar to the runway

Looking into the eye of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Several brown noddy (Anous stolidus) nests

Purple coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

underwater ocean

Juvenile Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Portrait of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Bunchgrass (Eragrostic variabilis) cuttings in Midway's shadehouse await outplanting

Sunset over North Beach on Sand Island

landscape sunset

A moonbow (rainbow formed by moonlight) over Officers' Row

A sleepy Laysan duckling (Anas laysanensis)

A curious Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Looking east from the back of the NAF Hangar

landscape grass

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

'aki'aki grass (Sporobolus virginicus) outplanting near the historic cablehouse

A precocious white tern (Gygis alba) chick

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

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) at sunset

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks out my bike

How non-native species spread...

Laysan ducks in a row (Anas laysanensis) at Catchment

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

For white terns (Gygis alba), this is what constitutes a nest

Standing over an albatross carcass bursting with plastic

Two red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chicks

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

A ghost crab sits outside its hole on North Beach

A Laysan albatross/black-footed albatross hybrid

A wedge-tailed shearwater nests in the entryway to an old pillbox

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) guards its egg

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) guards its egg

A rainbow over North Beach

landscape nature

Sand Island as seen from the water

Close-up of the yellow coral growing in Midway's fringing reef

underwater yellow

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)

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