Burning oil tanks on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, following the Japanese air attack delivered on the morning of 4 June 1942 during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" class="extiw" title="en:Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a>. These tanks were located near what was then the southern shore of Sand Island. This view looks inland from the vicinity of the beach. Three Laysan Albatross (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooney_Bird" class="extiw" title="en:Gooney Bird">"Gooney Bird"</a>) chicks are visible in the foreground.
US Navy
1942-06-04
Official U.S. Navy photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g10000/g17056c.htm">80-G-17056</a>, now in the collections of the National Archives. Also available at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.naval.aviation.museum/emuwebdoncoms/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=16024235&amp;reftable=ecatalogue&amp;refirn=1083">National Museum of Naval Aviation</a>