600 Free Images of Midway Atoll

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A close-up view of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) and its unusual mouth

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

underwater fish

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

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

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

underwater ocean

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

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

underwater fish

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

One of the first black-footed albatross pairs (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season

This field of Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) is somewhere around 50% capacity

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a red leg band quacks

A close-up view of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) and its unusual mouth

Marine Debris Collected on Midway Atoll

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Wisdom and her chick

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.

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A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) and their nest on Eastern Island

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

One of the first black-footed albatross pairs (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season

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

underwater ocean

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

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

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

A large group of Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) gathers at Catchment

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

NOAA's marine debris ship, the Hi'ialakai, at night

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) (or hybrid Laysan–black-footed, potentially)

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

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

Two juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) look at a third

The airfield and water tanks on the southern shore of Sand Island, as seen from the water

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A Christmas shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) flies over the landscape of Eastern Island

Two oval butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) swim through Midway's fringing reef

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An elderly male Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a blue leg band

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

Several juvenile great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) perched in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

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

A spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) breaches in Midway's lagoon

A female great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

The sky over Eastern Island is full of birds

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) sits in the sun

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick has a cozy little shade spot

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) attacks a red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) mid-flight in an attempt to steal its food

Kūkini stretching

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A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

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

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

The sun sets between two fuel tanks

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

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

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

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

wildlife reptiles

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) scratches its head wth its foot

Two juvenile Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) observe a sailboat attempting to enter the Refuge

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

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

Looking right into the mouth of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

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

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

Close-up of a juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

Looking south from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

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

A school of yellow-striped goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron) swims through Midway's fringing reef

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

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

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

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

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) sits in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

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

Fish swim across the purple coral of Midway's fringing reef

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

White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) against a blue sky

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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

Two sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

Extreme close-up of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) eye

Two adult red-footed boobies (Sula sula) perch on a dead branch

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) perches on a dead branch

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

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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.

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

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach, next to a friendly crab

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) perch on the remnants of a seawall near Rusty Bucket

Bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) swim through Midway's fringing reef

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

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

Naupaka (Scaevola sericea) and the remnants of a pier on West Beach

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick attempts to swallow an extremely large meal brought back by one of its parents

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.

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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.

A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall

A bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) 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

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