871 Free Photos of Papahanaumokuakea

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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...

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

Flat-topped seamount known only as Bank 9

Researchers Measuring Limpets

insects medical

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

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

Sea Star

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 juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) at sunset

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

landscape field

Laysan ducks in a row (Anas laysanensis) at Catchment

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)

PMNM - White Tern chick at Kure Atoll

Sponges and Hydrozoans

D2 investigates a coral on an unnamed seamount west of Salmon Bank

Final look at samples collected before being packaged and sent to repositories

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

Coral scientist conducts reef research

Coral and Giant Trevally at Lisianski

Gardner Pinnacle Reefscape Black and White

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

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

Halosaur Fish

underwater ocean

Gardner Pinnacle Reefscape

Ghostlike Octopod

medical octopus

A juvenile great frigatebird (Fregata minor)

ROV Deep Discoverer is recovered after the first successful dive of the expedition

Lobster on Maro Reef

Deep Discoverer collects a geological sample at 4,300 meters east of Necker Island

medical geology

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

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

Two white terns (Gygis alba) check me out

A ghost crab sits outside its hole on North Beach

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

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)

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

vehicle pacific

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) guards its egg

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

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)

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

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

underwater marine

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

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

Coral at Gardner Pinnacles (Cropped)

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

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

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