February 9, 2012
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is estimated to be 100 million tons of trash floating in the Pacific and could be 2X as large as the continental U.S. and miles deep––no one knows exactly. Regardless, it’s strangling the ocean. These gorgeous pics by Mandy Barker via Tree Hugger shows how the Ocean tries to heal itself by breaking these plastics down…to no avail. ““I felt by enticing the viewer to discover the meaning in this way would create a more lasting impact and message of awareness… All the images are created to represent the disturbing statistics of dispersed plastics having 
no boundaries.”

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is estimated to be 100 million tons of trash floating in the Pacific and could be 2X as large as the continental U.S. and miles deep––no one knows exactly. Regardless, it’s strangling the ocean. These gorgeous pics by Mandy Barker via Tree Hugger shows how the Ocean tries to heal itself by breaking these plastics down…to no avail.

““I felt by enticing the viewer to discover the meaning in this way would create a more lasting impact and message of awareness… All the images are created to represent the disturbing statistics of dispersed plastics having 
no boundaries.”

(via treehugger)

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Filed under: art pacific garbage patch plastics pollution oceans sustainability earth photography sad 
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