Midway Atoll

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Midway Atoll

 

Birds on Midway

 

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The Wildlife Refuge

 

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most populous seasonal resident is the
Laysan albatross (white gooney)

My Photos of the Midway Birds

 

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Remains of one of the buildings of the
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
(cable opened from San Francisco to Manila in 1903)

 

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all water comes from a catchment's basin and is stored in these tanks

 

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and after purification is held in this island landmark

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Remnants of World War II

 

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one of the first buildings hit during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack

 

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site of the Radar station
(operating in 1941-42)

 

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storage bunker

 

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albatross chick next to the ceramic vent cap on top of the bunker

 

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a gun emplacement to defend the island

 

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one of the guns that was used in these emplacements

 

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a pill box on the beach

 

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former ship offloading dock

 

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PBY seaplane hanger which was partly destroyed in
1941 and 1942 by Japanese attacks

 

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interesting sign inside hanger

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Birds on Midway

More photos of the birds

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Cook Islands

 

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Fiji

 

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Guam

 

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Hawaiian Islands

 

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Kiribati

 

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Midway Atoll

 

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Nauru

 

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New Caledonia

 

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New Zealand

 

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Norfolk Islandnd

 

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Palau

 

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Papua New Guinea

 

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Pohnpei

 

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Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

 

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Saipan

 

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Samoa

 

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Tahiti

 

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Tinian

 

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Tonga

 

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Truk

 

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Solomon Islands

 

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Trobriand Islands

 

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Vanuatu

 

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Yap

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Indonesia

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The Indonesian Island of Bali

 

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Flores

 

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Irian Jaya

 

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The Indonesian Island of Java

 

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The Indonesian Island of Komodo

 

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The Indonesian Islands of MOLUKA

 

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The Indonesian Island of Selayar

 

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The Indonesian Island of Sulawesi

 

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The Indonesian Island of Sumatra

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