600 Free Images of Midway Atoll

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A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg

Laysan ducks in a row (Anas laysanensis) at Catchment

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) at sunset

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

landscape field

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

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

underwater yellow

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

Awkward-looking juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

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

wildflower season

The fuel pier as seen from the cargo pier

underwater blue

A fluffy wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

Brackish Seep undergoes a habitat restoration process

A Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) greets me at breakfast

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) guards its egg

A fuzzy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

A fuzzy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

Two red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chicks

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

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

Fish swim under Midway's cargo pier

underwater fish

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A fluffy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

Either a long-billed or short-billed dowitcher

An abandoned pumping station associated with the old water treatment system

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

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

Kūkini's new band

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

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

Mate (left) and Wisdom with egg 28NOV15 2

wildlife animals

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

Two white terns (Gygis alba) check me out

A ghost crab sits outside its hole on North Beach

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

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

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

Looking east along the harbor seawall

landscape water

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

White tern (Gygis alba)

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) guards its egg

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

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)

Damaged Midway seaplane hangar 1942

historical history

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Dramatic clouds over North Beach

landscape summer

A ghost crab creeps out of its hole on North Beach

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

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Spit Island

A juvenile great frigatebird (Fregata minor)

Sunset over North Beach on Sand Island

landscape clouds

Fish swim under Midway's cargo pier

underwater fish

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

A lone tree growing on Midway's airfield

landscape grass

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) feeds its chick

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

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

Flowers and buds of the endangered pōpolo (Solanum nelsonii)

One of the piers in Midway's harbor

landscape water

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

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

Portrait of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

Wisdom's Mate 1.21.2016

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

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

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

underwater snorkeling

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

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

The sun rises over Midway's harbor

landscape water

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) chick begs for food

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 brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

Kūkini is 3 months old

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) swimming at Brackish Seep

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

underwater marine

A congregation of adult and juvenile sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

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