872 Free Images of Papahanaumokuakea

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

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

aircraft vehicle

A nesting area near the runway with a particularly high concentration of black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes)

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

Short-tailed albatross decoys placed on Eastern Island by USFWS in an attempt to establish a breeding population of the species outside of Japan

landscape animals

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

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) pokes its head just above the gentle waves in Midway's shallow lagoon

Close-up of a juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

Size difference between adult male and female Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) and the vagrant female northern pintail

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A flock of Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) bathes in Catchment as sand contaminated by lead paint is taken to the abatement area

Checking the Stats

Polychaete Worm

insects medical

PMNM - Sunset Rainbow

PMNM - Green Turtles on the beach

PMNM - archaeologist towboard-TaneCasserleyNOAA

Polychaete Worm

insects medical

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) forages in front of the Chugach office among the fallen nuts

The sun sets over the western part of North Beach

landscape water

Looking north, toward the Finger Piers, from the north side of the harbor entrance

landscape water

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

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) on the beach on Eastern Island

Marine debris, largely composed of plastic, washes up on Midway's south shore

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) snaps at another booby flying too close

Full moon in the sunset as seen from the cargo pier

landscape water

French Frigate Shoals Reefscape

Deep Reef Endemic Species of Midway Atoll

A flock of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) plus one Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) flies over Eastern Island

A cloud of adult and juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) gliding over Eastern Island

Processing Limu Specimen

Examining Limu Specimen in Lab

Retrieval Practice

Green Sea Turtle Under Midway Pier 10

underwater animals

PMNM - Kure Atoll

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

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

Eastern Island as seen from Spit Island

landscape travel

Potter's Angelfish at Pearl and Hermes

Ornate Butterflyfish at Pearl and Hermes

Melon Butterflyfish In Acropora Coral

NOAA's marine debris ship, the Hi'ialakai, docked at Midway's cargo pier

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

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) and a juvenile great frigatebird (Fregata minor) sit in a dead tree on Eastern Island

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

One of the first black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season flies over North Beach

Fish on Deep Reef at Pearl and Hermes

French Frigate Shoals Reefscape

A fish feeds on Midway's cargo pier

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) exhibiting the characteristing squinting associated with botulism. This individual was captured, treated, immunized, banded, and re-released.

An adult red-footed booby (Sula sula) and a brown noddy (Anous stolidus) share a dead branch on Eastern Island

Examining Algal Specimen

PMNM cauliflower coral

wildlife travel

A wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick is barely visible under the rubble its nest has been built under

black and white bird

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer uses telepresence technology to transmit data in real-time to a shore-based hub

Cori Kane on Deep Reef (Cropped)

Juvenile gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) in flight

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

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

Large Stalked Sponge

insects medical

Sea Star Feeding

PMNM Hawaiian monk seal mother and pup

An Ulua, or giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) swims along Midway's fringing reef

Red-footed boobies (Sula sula) and great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) gliding over Eastern Island

Potter's Angelfish at Pearl and Hermes

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

reptiles animals

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits so long for its fledging chick to return for a meal that an ant climbs into the mouth of one of the fish it's holding

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg next to "R2," an old water treatment area that has been repurposed as a lead paint abatement enclosure for contaminated soil

I watched this white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) settle into this tree cavity as though it was considering nesting there but couldn't confirm. The vertical white stripe in the top right is its tail

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

aircraft vehicle

Preparing the Puma

PMNM diver over shipwreck

A very large spectacular stalked sponge

insects medical

Two Ulua, or giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) swim through Midway's fringing reef

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) flies over Naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bushes on North Beach at sunset

Fish and Coral on Deep Reef at French Frigate Shoals

underwater ocean

Diver and Spotted Moray at Maro Reef

A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg next to "R2," an old water treatment area that has been repurposed as a lead paint abatement enclosure for contaminated soil

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

A view of the aft deck of the R/V Falkor.

Kūkini's new band

Three nests in one photo: white tern (Gygis alba), brown noddy (Anous stolidus), and red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

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

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) exhibits the characteristing squinting associated with botulism. This individual was captured, treated, immunized, banded, and re-released.

French Frigate Shoals Reefscape

Pair of Manta Rays

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) sits on North Beach under a moonbow (a rainbow formed by moonlight)

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.

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

Fish on Deep Reef at Pearl and Hermes

French Frigate Shoals Reefscape

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

Diver, Table Coral and Reef Fish

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A squid at 900 meters off Northeast Gardner Pinnacles

PMNM De-tangling an Albatross Chick

Chief scientist Christopher Kelley in the sonar control room.

Assembling the Puma

Wisdom is expecting!

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