892 Free Images of Marine National Monument

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A fuzzy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

A fuzzy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) 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.

aircraft vehicle

A thin strip of clouds hangs over Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

A mixed flock of Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) and ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) flies over Eastern Island

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on North Beach, beside Midway's beautiful lagoon

PMNM - monkseal lays on beach

PMNM - Kelly Gleason At Two Brothers Shipwreck

Manning the Puma

Jelly at Pearl and Hermes

Squat Lobster on a crater east of Maro Reef

insects medical

Galapagos Shark

Following the Puma

Jelly at Pearl and Hermes

Recompression Chamber Briefing

Banded Urchin at Gardner Pinnacles

insects medical

Solitary Hydroid

underwater insects

Preparing for Launch

Banded Coral Shrimp at Gardner Pinnacles

underwater insects

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mate (left) and Wisdom with egg 28NOV15 2

wildlife animals

Safety Procedure Briefing

Kelly on Ascent at Maro Reef

The Puma Team

Music By Andy Collins

PMNM - largest sponge - NOAA - OER

Jellyfish at Pearl and Hermes

Jellyfish at Pearl and Hermes

Ophidiid Fish off Salmon Bank in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

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