598 Free Photos of Midway Atoll

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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

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

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

underwater ocean

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 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

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

underwater fish

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

underwater ocean

Kūkini stretching

wildlife animals

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

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

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

A juvenile entertains an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

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

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

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

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

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)

Looking south from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

The sun sets between two fuel tanks

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

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

aircraft vehicle

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.

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.

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

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

wildlife animals

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits in a dead branch

A less common tern species, probably a little tern or least tern, flies over Catchment

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) swims in Midway's lagoon. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

animals mammals

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

An ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) 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 nesting area near the runway with a particularly high concentration of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes)

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims in Midway's lagoon

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