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Metadata
Title: Laysan Albatross sleeping on time capsule lid
Alternative Title: Phoebastria immutabilis
Creator: Bodeen, Tim
Source: WO-E37-Refuge CD
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Albatross, animal, bird, centennial, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, electronic

Description
Table Of Contents: Laysan Albatross sleeping on the refuge 's freshly installed/dedicated time capsule. The special event is the 100th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is situated midway across the world's largest ocean, 1,200 miles northwest of Honolulu, Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is a place of astonishing beauty. From the air, one sees the surrounding cobalt sea breaking white over the barrier reef into an aquamarine lagoon holding the atolls three low-lying islands. The refuge provides nesting habitat for over 2 million sea birds, including 2 species of albatrossthe Laysan and the black-footed. For more information about Midway National Wildlife Refuge, please visit: http://refuges.fws.gov/profiles/index.cfm?id=12520 ELECTRONIC IMAGE ONLY

Date: April 03 2003