Critically endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals returned to northwestern Hawaiian Islands [Image 6 of 10]

HONOLULU, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

03.18.2015

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle      

U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific

Brenda Becker, a Hawaiian Monk Seal research program scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, lays down absorbent pads for two female Hawaiian Monk Seals on an HC-130 Hercules airplane, March 18, 2015. Coast Guard crew members, NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Land and Natural Resources partnered together to transport two rehabilitated Hawaiian Monk Seals to Midway Atoll where they would be transferred via ship Kure Atoll State Wildlife Sanctuary. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle)

• Date Taken: 03.18.2015
• Date Posted: 04.01.2015 15:58
• Photo ID: 1850981
• VIRIN: 150318-G-XD768-009
• Resolution: 4800x3200
• Size: 1.81 MB
• Location: HONOLULU, HAWAII, US