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Rhiannon12866

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4. In the article, they mention one 3x as big as France! Now that one should be visible from anywhere!

Reply to cbreezen (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 24, 2018, 04:56 AM

Apr 2018

We've known about the existence of the patch since the mid-1980s but weren't quite sure about its size until a study published last March showed that it holds at least 79,000 tons of plastic and covers an area three times the size of France.

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The Pacific Ocean has a plastic problem. Here's the bold plan to fix it. [View all] Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 OP

I'm still waiting for a satellite view. cbreezen Apr 2018 #1

The only photo I can come up with is the one from the article - which looks bad enough: Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #2

Great local shot... cbreezen Apr 2018 #3

In the article, they mention one 3x as big as France! Now that one should be visible from anywhere! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #4

Indeed. cbreezen Apr 2018 #5

what about the mini bits? pansypoo53219 Apr 2018 #6

Maybe I don't understand it well enough, but I also wondered what would prevent them from snagging Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #7