883 Free Photos of Atoll

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

Juvenile Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) swim in a seep on Eastern Island; in the background, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui has arrived to translocate some of these ducks to Kure Atoll as part of the species conservation plan

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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Wisdom and Chick 2014

Marine Debris Collected on Midway Atoll

marine debris celebrities

Wisdom and her chick

Sand Island with NAS Midway aerial photo 1990

historical history

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 juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) sits in the sun

A female great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

The sky over Eastern Island is full of birds

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

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

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

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

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

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

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

landscape water

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

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

underwater fish

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

Kūkini stretching

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

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

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

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

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

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

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

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

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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

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

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

The sun sets between two fuel tanks

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

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

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 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)

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

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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

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

Two sooty terns (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

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

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

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)

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

Wisdom's mate Akeakamai with their newest chick. Photo credit: Bob Peyton/USFWS

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) peers through tall grass

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

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

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Three juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) squabble over a perch

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) stands over a patch of nohu (Tribulus cistoides) on Eastern Island

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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