Great Pacific Garbage Patch - SV BLUE MOON

Photos from SV Blue Moon's visits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Great Pacific Garbage Patch on a calm day

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Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Captain Russ Johnson
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Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Coastal Sponge collected from Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Pregnant Crab collected from Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Industrial bucket found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Researchers / Citizen Scientists Janell Clark and Dillon Rainwater Documenting data collected in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Researcher / Citizen Scientist Janell Clark Documenting data collected in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Large Red Lightbulb from Japanese Fishing Vessel found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Large Red Lightbulb from Japanese Fishing Vessel found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Plastic Flower Pot found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Sea Live have made this their habitat and are constantly exposed to plastic chemical toxins that will leach from it forever.

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Pregnant Crab collected from Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Pregnant Crab with eggs living on Coca-Cola Plastic Crate found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Captain Russ Johnson attaching a satellite tracker and bio research tile to Industrial bucket found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Garbage and Trash / Debris in Ala Wai Harbor Honolulu, HI
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Garbage and Trash / Debris in Ala Wai Harbor Honolulu, HI
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Garbage and Trash / Debris in Ala Wai Harbor Honolulu, HI
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Recommended Resources

Smithsonian Institute
https://serc.si.edu/floating-ocean-ecosystem-tracker/why

National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch

The Ocean Cleanup
https://www.theoceancleanup.com

Plastic Paradise
http://plasticparadisemovie.com

NOAA
marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/patch.html

Smithsonian
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