598 Free Photos of Midway Atoll

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An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

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

A sea cucumber on the yellow coral in Midway's fringing reef

underwater snorkeling

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

A group of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) on the beach

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick glows in the afternoon sun

Laysan ducks in a row (Anas laysanensis) at Catchment

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

A large patch of Nohu (Tribulus cistoides) on Eastern Island

landscape field

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

A ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) perches on a seawall

Experimentation with long exposure and editing technique

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

Brackish Seep undergoes a habitat restoration process

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)

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

An area of freshly ouplanted beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) near the historic cablehouse

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

Two white terns (Gygis alba) check me out

A fluffy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

Distance chart at the NAF Hangar, left over from the Clipper era

A fluffy wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

20 minutes later, the chick has almost swallowed the whole fish

Close-up of a short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

Two red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chicks

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) feeds its chick

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) sit in a dead tree on Eastern Island

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

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

Kūkini's new band

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

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

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

Mate (left) and Wisdom with egg 28NOV15 2

wildlife animals

A ghost crab creeps out of its hole on North Beach

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

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

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

Awkward-looking juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

An abandoned pumping station associated with the old water treatment system

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

Looking east along the harbor seawall

landscape water

A fuzzy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

A fuzzy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

The fuel pier as seen from the cargo pier

underwater blue

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

Damaged Midway seaplane hangar 1942

historical history

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A white tern (Gygis alba) perched on old military installation

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick sits on a pile of concrete rubble

White tern (Gygis alba)

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) greets me at breakfast

Either a long-billed or short-billed dowitcher

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

Close-up of a white tern (Gygis alba) chick

Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) performing a "sky moo"

Close-up of a Nohu (Tribulus cistoides) flower on Eastern Island

wildflower season

Fish swim under Midway's cargo pier

underwater fish

One of the piers in Midway's harbor

landscape water

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

underwater snorkeling

A juvenile great frigatebird (Fregata minor)

Sunset over North Beach on Sand Island

landscape clouds

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) chick begs for food

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

The sun rises over Midway's harbor

landscape water

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

One of the first Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) to return for the mating season

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A white tern (Gygis alba) gives me the ol' stick eye

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

Portrait of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) in front of Turtle Beach

Looking northwest, towards the water tower, from south of the USFWS office

landscape grass

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

A lone tree growing on Midway's airfield

landscape grass

Fish swim under Midway's cargo pier

underwater fish

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Spit Island

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) perches in an ironwood tree

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

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

A short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) sits on Sand Island

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

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

A short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) sits on Sand Island

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Dramatic clouds over North Beach

landscape summer

Flowers and buds of the endangered pōpolo (Solanum nelsonii)

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

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui departs Midway with 28 juvenile Laysan ducks that are being translocated to Kure Atoll as part of the USFWS Species Recovery Plan

landscape water

Wisdom's Mate 1.21.2016

Ultra-long exposure of the Milky Way over the Midway sign by the cargo pier (attempt #2)

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

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