598 Free Photos of Midway Atoll

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Aerial view of Sand Island, Midway Atoll, on 2 August 1942 (80-G-451089)

historical history

The Midway fire engine escorts a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 to the runway

vehicle pacific

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Various native plants are propagated in Midway's shadehouse

architecture pacific

Plastic inside the carcass of a deceased albatross

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 takes off from Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

aircraft flight

The first Murphy's petrel (Pterodroma ultima) ever recorded on Midway Atoll—which I spotted!

Looking west towards historic buildings on Midway Atoll: torpedo shop with parachute tower, machine shop, carpentry shop, storage buildings, and the transportation building

landscape rural

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) exits the surf

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Primary colors

Bunchgrass (Eragrostic variabilis) cuttings in Midway's shadehouse await outplanting

Flower and vine of nohu (Tribulus cistoides)

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Near the highest point on Sand Island

landscape grass

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Spit Island

landscape summer

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

Wisdom and Chick 2014

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

Food plants grows in Midway's mydroponic garden

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A plastic lighter inside an albatross carcass

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

Experimentation with long exposure and editing technique

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

pacific closeup

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

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

Crystal clear water in Midway's lagoon

underwater snorkeling

Yellow and purple coral grow in Midway's fringing reef

underwater snorkeling

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Close-up of a white tern (Gygis alba)

Food plants grows in Midway's mydroponic garden

A precocious white tern (Gygis alba) chick

This is another white tern (Gygis alba) "nest"

Sunset over North Beach on Sand Island

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) egg

A pile of dead ironwood trunks is burned in the Boneyard

A tiny Laysan duckling (Anas laysanensis) swimming

Midway as seen from just outside the fringing reef

The U.S. Coast Guard C-130 that flew me to Midway preparing to leave

aircraft airplane

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

Crystal clear water in Midway's lagoon

underwater snorkeling

A precocious white tern (Gygis alba) chick

Food plants grows in Midway's mydroponic garden

shopping pacific

A precocious white tern (Gygis alba) chick

A white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) chick

The path to the Clipper House dining hall

landscape water

For white terns (Gygis alba), this is what constitutes a nest

Looking into the eye of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Bunchgrass (Eragrostic variabilis) cuttings in Midway's shadehouse await outplanting

Juvenile Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A sleepy Laysan duckling (Anas laysanensis)

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

underwater ocean

Extra fuzzy white tern (Gygis alba) juvenile

Looking into the eye of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Looking east from the back of the NAF Hangar

landscape grass

A precocious white tern (Gygis alba) chick

Either a long-billed or short-billed dowitcher

'aki'aki grass (Sporobolus virginicus) outplanting near the historic cablehouse

Purple coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

underwater ocean

A large patch of sea purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 taxis from the NAF Hangar to the runway

Sunset over North Beach on Sand Island

landscape sunset

A moonbow (rainbow formed by moonlight) over Officers' Row

Portrait of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Several brown noddy (Anous stolidus) nests

A curious Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) perches on a seawall

Portrait of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Experimentation with long exposure and editing technique

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

Standing over an albatross carcass bursting with plastic

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

Sand Island as seen from the water

An albatross carcass bursts with plastic

A rainbow over North Beach

landscape nature

A sea cucumber on the yellow coral in Midway's fringing reef

underwater snorkeling

A Laysan albatross/black-footed albatross hybrid

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick glows in the afternoon sun

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks out my bike

How non-native species spread...

Two red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chicks

A group of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) on the beach

A ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) perches on a seawall

A white tern (Gygis alba) incubates its egg

Laysan ducks in a row (Anas laysanensis) at Catchment

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