Midway. Message from the Gyre
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Uploaded by journeytomidway on Oct 30, 2009
These photographs of albatross chicks were made in September 2009 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 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 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.
~Chris Jordan
October 2009
http://www.chrisjordan.com/
http://www.midwayjourney.com/
Music by Christen Lien http://itsnotaviolin.com/
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(reply to YT'ers suggestion that maybe these albatross could evolve to consume plastic): OR, what's far QUICKER, maybe WE could & SHOULD evolve our BRAINS much faster NOT to be taken in by extremist free-market consumerism rhetoric religion.
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red bottle caps......coca cola
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what is the thing at 5:45
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Nothing quite like a piece of World war 2-esk violin music to set the mood
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Generalmente no somos conscientes del impacto que crea nuestra basura cotidiana. Nos la sacamos de encima y nos olvidamos. Ilustrativo y sugerente el video. Gracias!
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@poxrider go to hell with your family
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You should remove ALL your comments and then remove yourself as well, you moron.
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The Midway team is returning to Midway in a few days for the 3rd time. Midway was hit by the tsunami and thousands of baby Albatross chicks have died as a result. We will have the unprecedented opportunity to see what they've been eating.
Please follow along on our website and Facebook page.
journeytomidway 10 months ago 3