348 Free Photos of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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Young Masked Boobies Sula dactylatra on Green Island, Kure Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Laysan Alabtrosses Phoebastria immutabilis doing the breeding dances famous in the family. Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Spanish dancer nudibranch (Hexabranchus sanguineus) eggs. Northwest Hawaiian Islands.

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Young Masked Boobies Sula dactylatra sitting on marine debris. Green Island, Kure Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis at French Frigate Shoals

Bonin Petrel, Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals.

Researcher Sarah Youngren takes measurements on a Tristram's storm-petrel chick on Tern Island in Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.Papahanau

Pacific triton trumpet shell (Charonia tritonis) with living gastropod inside. Northwest Hawaiian Islands.

Hawaii, NWHI, Tern Island.

Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) and Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) in French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Leopard cone shell (Conus leopardus) with polygonal egg casings. Northwest Hawaiian Islands.

Seabird colony with Great Frigatebirds, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Red-footed Boobies, Sooty Terns and Black Noddies. Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

A Nihoa Finch on Nihoa

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immature Masked Booby. Hawaii, Northwest islands, Lisianski Island.

Tristam's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma tristrami at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus colour morphs, pale on left, dark on right. Tern Island, Northwest Hawaiian Islands

Brown Noddy Anous stolidus nesting, taken on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Brown Noddy Anous stolidus nesting, taken on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) and Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Black Noddy Anous minutus in Tournefortia sp. Taken on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) chick. On Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals.

Adult and nearly fledged chick of the Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis. Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis in flight. French Frigate Shoals

Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis pair roosting on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii

Red-footed Booby Sula sula (Brown Morph) on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii

Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca), Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals.

Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda, Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Partly feathered Grey-backed Tern Sterna lunata chick on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Photo: Cindy Rehkemper/USFWS

Female Great Frigatebird Fregata minor with wing tag. Taken on East Island, French Frigate Shoals

Sula dactylatra

Masked boobies. Hawaii, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

Sooty Terns Onychoprion fuscatus, and a few other kinds of birds on Tern Island. Hawaii, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

Christams Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis taken on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii

Hawaii, NWHI, Tern Island.

Tristram's storm petrels are found throughout Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. One of the largest colonies exists on Nihoa. These well-protected islands and atolls constitute the most impo

Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals

Laysan Albatross feeding its chick in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The parents regurgitate squid and fish eggs to feed their young. Albatrosses are rarely seen on land, preferring to st

Feel the wind beneath your wings like this fluffy white tern chick in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument! An abundance of prey items including small fish in the monument allow tern chicks like

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge,

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Ophidiid Fish off Salmon Bank in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

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New deep-water algae at Kure Atoll

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Moon Over the Sea

PMNM - Nihoa Millerbird on Laysan Island

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Sonar Mapping

Unidentified Red Algae

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Polychaete Worm

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Checking the Stats

Nihoa or Bird Islands, photograph by J. J. Williams (PP-45-10-007)

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Examining Algal Specimen

Examining Limu Specimen in Lab

Retrieval Practice

Processing Limu Specimen

Polychaete Worm

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Hawaiian Endemic Bandit Angelfish

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Preparing the Puma

Large Stalked Sponge

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Sea Star Feeding

Marine Debris -- Lighters

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Hawaiian Spiny Lobster at Gardner Pinnacles

A very large spectacular stalked sponge

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A view of the aft deck of the R/V Falkor.

A squid at 900 meters off Northeast Gardner Pinnacles

Assembling the Puma

Assembling the Puma

Removing Bioeroders

Chief scientist Christopher Kelley in the sonar control room.

Purple Crinoid

Preparing the Puma

Assembling the Puma

Commensal Brittle Star

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Hawaiian Hogfish at Gardner Pinnacles

The sonar control room on the R/V Falkor.

Breaking Up Samples

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Coral at Lisianski

Preparing for Identification and Measurements

Unidentified Red Algae

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Long-legged Shrimp

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Coral Rubble Collection

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Viewing from the Puma

PMNM - Hawaiian monk seal hauled out on large net at Pearl and Hermes Atoll

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New Umbraulva Species of Deep-Water Algae off Lisianski Island

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Squat Lobster on a crater east of Maro Reef

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Manning the Puma

Anemone Close-up

Bigeye at Rapture Reef

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Hawaiian Whitspotted Toby

Following the Puma

New seahorse species at Pioneer Bank

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Preparing for Launch

Banded Urchin at Gardner Pinnacles

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PMNM Hawaiian monk seal and green sea turtle cuddling

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D2 collects a rock on an unnamed seamount

Recompression Chamber Briefing

Solitary Hydroid

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Jelly at Pearl and Hermes

Jelly at Pearl and Hermes

The at-sea team

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