598 Free Photos of Midway Atoll

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Laysan ducks in a row (Anas laysanensis) at Catchment

A juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) at sunset

A large patch of Nohu (Tribulus cistoides) on Eastern Island

landscape field

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

A wedge-tailed shearwater nests in the entryway to an old pillbox

Close-up of the yellow coral growing in Midway's fringing reef

underwater yellow

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)

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

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)

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

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) hanging out at the end of the runway

Portrait of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) performing a "sky moo"

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

Awkward-looking juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Close-up of a Nohu (Tribulus cistoides) flower on Eastern Island

wildflower season

The fuel pier as seen from the cargo pier

underwater blue

A fluffy wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

Brackish Seep undergoes a habitat restoration process

A Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) greets me at breakfast

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) guards its egg

A fuzzy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

A fuzzy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

Either a long-billed or short-billed dowitcher

Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

Close-up of a white tern (Gygis alba) chick

A fluffy red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick

Distance chart at the NAF Hangar, left over from the Clipper era

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

An abandoned pumping station associated with the old water treatment system

Two red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chicks

A white tern (Gygis alba) perched on old military installation

A white tern (Gygis alba) chick sits on a pile of concrete rubble

Fish swim under Midway's cargo pier

underwater fish

Kūkini's new band

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

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

Mate (left) and Wisdom with egg 28NOV15 2

wildlife animals

Two white terns (Gygis alba) check me out

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

An area of freshly ouplanted beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) near the historic cablehouse

A ghost crab sits outside its hole on North Beach

20 minutes later, the chick has almost swallowed the whole fish

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) sit in a dead tree on Eastern Island

Looking east along the harbor seawall

landscape water

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

White tern (Gygis alba)

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) guards its egg

Close-up of a short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

Damaged Midway seaplane hangar 1942

historical history

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

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

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

One of the piers in Midway's harbor

landscape water

Portrait of a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

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)

Wisdom's Mate 1.21.2016

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

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

Brown noddies (Anous stolidus) hanging out at the end of the runway

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

A red slate pencil urchin (Heterocentrotus mamillatus) on Midway's fringing reef

underwater snorkeling

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

Kūkini is 3 months old

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

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

underwater marine

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

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