A surviving Laysan albatross after a tsunami on Midway Atoll

A fluffy brown bird covered in sandy mud on a beach

Photo By/Credit

Pete Leary/USFWS

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Image

This Laysan albatross chick survived a 2011 tsunami that washed over much of Midway Atoll and killed thousands of birds.

Facility

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

Species

Phoebastria immutabilis

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