March 6, 2010

Message from Midway Atoll

Taken on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking. To see more of the series click the photo or follow this link.

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  1. Kathy Hilen-Smith on March 6th, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    Those are among the most disturbing images I’ve ever seen.

  2. Lucy Foley on March 6th, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    It’s like peering into an abyss.

  3. Phil Bebbington on March 6th, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    I almost didn’t post them. I hope you didn’t mind?

  4. Cindy Scroggins on March 6th, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    Thank you for posting this, Phil.

    Humans. Sometimes I think we were a mistake.

  5. Coop on March 6th, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    Heartbreaking.

  6. Rick Neece on March 6th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    We were given dominion o’er the earth. See how it works? Thank you Phil.

  7. Phil Bebbington on March 7th, 2010 at 1:38 am

    Yeah, we fuck up in so many ways. I think the warming of the damn planet is the least of our problems.

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