871 Free Photos of Papahanaumokuakea

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Coral and Giant Trevally at Lisianski Island

Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

North Beach on Sand Island as seen from just outside the fringing feer

landscape water

PMNM - Sunset Rainbow

Checking the Stats

Polychaete Worm

insects medical

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

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

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

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

Polychaete Worm

insects medical

PMNM - Green Turtles on the beach

PMNM - archaeologist towboard-TaneCasserleyNOAA

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

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

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

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

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

Full moon in the sunset as seen from the cargo pier

landscape water

PMNM - Kure Atoll

Processing Limu Specimen

Green Sea Turtle Under Midway Pier 10

underwater animals

Retrieval Practice

Examining Limu Specimen in Lab

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

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

Potter's Angelfish at Pearl and Hermes

Ornate Butterflyfish at Pearl and Hermes

PMNM cauliflower coral

wildlife travel

Examining Algal Specimen

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

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

black and white bird

Cori Kane on Deep Reef (Cropped)

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

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

PMNM Hawaiian monk seal mother and pup

Large Stalked Sponge

insects medical

Sea Star Feeding

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

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

reptiles animals

Potter's Angelfish at Pearl and Hermes

PMNM diver over shipwreck

Preparing the Puma

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

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

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

A very large spectacular stalked sponge

insects medical

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

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

Fish and Coral on Deep Reef at French Frigate Shoals

underwater ocean

Diver and Spotted Moray at Maro Reef

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

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

A juvenile brown booby (Sula leucogaster) in flight

Kūkini's new band

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

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.

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

French Frigate Shoals Reefscape

Fish on Deep Reef at Pearl and Hermes

French Frigate Shoals Reefscape

Diver, Table Coral and Reef Fish

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

A juvenile sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) in flight

PMNM De-tangling an Albatross Chick

A squid at 900 meters off Northeast Gardner Pinnacles

Chief scientist Christopher Kelley in the sonar control room.

Assembling the Puma

Wisdom is expecting!

Kūkini is 3 months old

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