600 Free Images of Midway Atoll

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

Adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) in flight

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

White tern (Gygis alba) chicks are the fluffiest little creatures I've ever seen

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) at Brackish Seep

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

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

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

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

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) chick begs for food

The ocean view in pretty much any direction

A lone tree growing on Midway's airfield

landscape grass

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

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

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

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

Close-up of a black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

A double rainbow all the way across the sky at North Beach

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

A hungry red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick squawks for food

Spit Island

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

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) sits under an artificial shade structure

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

A juvenile red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

Passenger waiting area and Naval Air Facility sign, left over from the Clipper era

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

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) perched in an ironwood tree pants to keep cool

Close-up of a black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

Plastic marine debris washed up on North Beach

landscape sunny

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

Very unusual colors in the clouds over Midway's lagoon

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Looking into the harbor from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) mate on the beach

A white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) flying around the old orchard

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims near the Cargo Pier

Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

A Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) that came and sat right in the driveway of the USFWS office

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

reptiles animals

A flock of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) gathers in Midway's "Boneyard"

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) calls at sunset

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

Look at the feet on this white tern (Gygis alba) chick!

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

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) in flight

Spectacular sunset over North Beach

landscape water

Officers' Row lit by the light of the full moon

architecture dark

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) inspects a danger sign on an old building

Sitting in a rather dangerous spot, this juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) probably won't fledge

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

wildlife reptiles

An elderly Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a highly worn leg band

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) preens its back

Standard view from the Clipper House dining hall

landscape summer

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) approaches from the lone tree on the airfield

Close-up of a potential white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) nesting site

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Close-up of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) returns to its nest and waiting chick

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 parked in front of the NAF Hangar

military aircraft

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

underwater ocean

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

A sea cucumber... ahem... "making sand"

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) stands in the sun

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

A sleepy adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) flies over Eastern Island

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

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 patch of beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick under an ironwood tree

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

underwater fish

Close-up of a wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

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

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

Cross on the north side of Midway's harbor

landscape water

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A white tern (Gygis alba) distracts my subject, a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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