1,803 Free Photos of Refuge Island

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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

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A juvenile red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

Passenger waiting area and Naval Air Facility sign, left over from the Clipper era

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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

A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) perched in an ironwood tree pants to keep cool

Close-up of a black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

Plastic marine debris washed up on North Beach

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A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

Very unusual colors in the clouds over Midway's lagoon

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

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

This white tern (Gygis alba) chick hatched inside an abandoned pumping station

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

Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) in flight

A double rainbow all the way across the sky at North Beach

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

Close-up of a black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

A hungry red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) chick squawks for food

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

A red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) sits under an artificial shade structure

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The ocean view in pretty much any direction

A lone tree growing on Midway's airfield

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A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) and its chick

An adorable white tern (Gygis alba) chick against Midway's blue shoals

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

A sailboat attempting to enter the closed waters of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is met by Refuge staff, who learn that the ship's water maker has broken. They were given fresh water so they could return home.

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Chichagof Valley below Engineer Hill, Attu

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Chichagof Valley below Engineer Hill, Attu

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Islands at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

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Looking into the harbor from the north side of the harbor entrance

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A male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) flies low over Catchment

A pair of brown noddies (Anous stolidus) mate on the beach

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

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims near the Cargo Pier

Fish swimming through Midway's fringing reef

Marsh mallow

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Driftwood on beach at Monomoy

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A Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) that came and sat right in the driveway of the USFWS office

Midway as seen from just outside the fringing reef

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

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Look at the feet on this white tern (Gygis alba) chick!

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) chick

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

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

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Spectacular sunset over North Beach

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

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) calls at sunset

A brown noddy (Anous stolidus) sits on its nest

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

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Seals on South Monomoy Island

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Vegetation (RI)

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Observation deck after Hurricane Sandy (RI)

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Harbor seal

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Oyster Reef

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

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

A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 parked in front of the NAF Hangar

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

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Close-up of a brown noddy (Anous stolidus)

A sea cucumber... ahem... "making sand"

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

A Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) stands in the sun

A juvenile Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) bathes at Catchment

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

A shoe and a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

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

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

A white tern (Gygis alba) checks me out

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