871 Free Photos of Papahanaumokuakea

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French Frigate Shoals Reefscape

Lisianski Dead Coral

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French Frigate Shoals Reefscape

Curious Masked Booby Investigates

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

A sleepy adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) flies over Eastern Island

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A patch of beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick under an ironwood tree

A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

Close-up of a wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) chick

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

Portrait of a juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A shoe and a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

Randy on Pliestocence Reef

PNMN trevally closeup

Sitting in a rather dangerous spot, this juvenile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) probably won't fledge

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the appropriately named Turtle Beach

wildlife reptiles

An elderly Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a highly worn leg band

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) preens its back

Standard view from the Clipper House dining hall

landscape summer

Close-up of a potential white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) nesting site

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

Officers' Row lit by the light of the full moon

architecture dark

A bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) inspects a danger sign on an old building

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) regurgitates food for its chick

Squirrelfish on Deep Reef

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) approaches from the lone tree on the airfield

A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

One of the first black-footed albatross pairs (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season

This field of Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) is somewhere around 50% capacity

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a red leg band quacks

A close-up view of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) and its unusual mouth

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

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

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

underwater ocean

A school of convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

A white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) flying around the old orchard

Yellow coral grows in Midway's fringing reef

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

A white tern (Gygis alba) distracts my subject, a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

A sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

A close-up view of a sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) and its unusual mouth

A rainbow hangs over the Midway aviary on the morning of the 2014 Laysan duck translocation to Kure Atoll

landscape nature

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) sits on its nest

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) sits on its nest

Cross on the north side of Midway's harbor

landscape water

Gray-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus) on Eastern Island

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

PMNM anemone and sea snail

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

One of the first black-footed albatross pairs (Phoebastria nigripes) to return for the mating season

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

underwater ocean

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) sits in the sun

A female great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in flight

A rainbow hangs over the Midway aviary on the morning of the 2014 Laysan duck translocation to Kure Atoll

The sky over Eastern Island is full of birds

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) on Eastern Island

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) and their nest on Eastern Island

Beautiful blue water in Midway's lagoon

A large group of Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) gathers at Catchment

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick has a cozy little shade spot

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

A juvenile red-footed booby (Sula sula) in flight

Pennant Butterflyfish at Pearl and Hermes

Fish on Deep Reef at Pearl and Hermes

underwater fish

Coral and Giant Trevally

Thorn-Studded King Crab

underwater medical

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

NOAA's marine debris ship, the Hi'ialakai, at night

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) (or hybrid Laysan–black-footed, potentially)

A great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment for a quick drink

A flock of bristle-thighed curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) gathers in Midway's "Boneyard"

Two juvenile red-footed boobies (Sula sula) look at a third

The airfield and water tanks on the southern shore of Sand Island, as seen from the water

landscape water

A Christmas shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) flies over the landscape of Eastern Island

Two oval butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) swim through Midway's fringing reef

underwater fish

An elderly male Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) with a blue leg band

A Bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) sits in the yard of the Volunteer House

Several juvenile great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) perched in a beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada) bush

Close up of an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

A spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) breaches in Midway's lagoon

The sun sets between two fuel tanks

Close-up of an adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) parent waits for its fledging chick to return for a meal

A juvenile entertains an adult red-footed booby (Sula sula)

The Midway aviary, used as a temporary holding place for Laysan ducks captured for translocation as part of the USFWS Species Recovery Plan

Hawaiian Whitspotted Toby

Giant Trevally Over Coral

Ultra-long exposure of the Milky Way over the Midway sign by the cargo pier (attempt #1)

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

A black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) in flight

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