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Midway Message from the Gyre These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean ...
Journey to Midway
Journey to Midway
midwayjourney.com — Chris has released and posted on his website a selection of his photographs under the title “Message... from the Gyre”. In Chris’ words: These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and ... (more) Journey to Midway
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From The Gyre
Acme Instant Boulder Kit — To document this phenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic in any of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, or altered in any way. These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent. ~cj, October 2009 ...

Plastic kills
Oceans Waves Beaches — ... Here are a few more photos of what sea bird deaths look like. These photos were taken by Chris Jordan, who's been profiled on this blog before and is known for his ...

Plastic Pelagic
Birdman Tribe — Some seriously disturbing images by Chris Jordan. One way we can stop this tragedy is to to do what Rodrigo McCoubrey of Rodrigo's Recycled Art does with refuse. I've been a big fan of his work ever since I saw it in the Surfers Journal (Vol.15 #1) awhile back. Seems that if every community, every school, college, and art institution did what he does a few times a year we could reduce the amount of plastic in the ocean and at the same time raise funds for the arts and education. ...

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