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Sammlung von Treibgut im östlichen Teil der ostfriesischen Nordseeinsel Juist (Niedersachsen, Deutschland) [Collection of floating debris in the eastern part of the East Frisian North Sea island of Juist (Lower Saxony, Germany)]: photo by 4028mdk09, 25 September 2010
Und ihrer Gottesbilder auch dich begräbt,
..Denn lang schon einsam stehst du, o Stolz der Welt,
....Die nicht mehr ist. And their statues of gods; for long now you have stood lonely, O pride of the world that is no more.
Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843): from Der Neckar [The Neckar], 1800
Treibgut auf dem Neckar [Floating debris on the River Neckar]: photo by 4028mdk09, 7 March 2010
Rubbish floating on the River Lea, London: photo by Iridescenti, 20 September 2007
Gesammelter Müll nach Sturm, fertig zum Abtransport, fotografiert auf der ostfriesischen Nordseeinsel Juist (Niedersachsen, Deutschland) [Garbage collected after a storm, ready for shipment, photographed on the East Frisian North Sea island of Juist (Lower Saxony, Germany)]: photo by 4028mdk09, 5 October 2009
Plastic pollution, Gallipoli: photo by Nevit, 2007
Marine debris, St. John's Point, County Down, Northern Ireland: photo by Ardfern, 5 October 2009
Pollution: a Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) has built a nest using plastic garbage: photo by Thue, 28 May 2005
Flotsam collected on beaches on Tern Island in French Frigate Shoals over one month: items collected were 288 miscellaneous plastic pieces, 13 fishing floats, 33 plastic bottles, two toys, 1 lightstick, 34 bottle caps, 1 lighter, 2 balls, 5 shoes, 3 fluorescent bulbs, 3 regular lightbulbs, 19 glass bottles, 1 metal flask, two baskets, 21 pieces of rope, one large (3 square foot) net ball and one large piece of styrofoam: photo by Duncan Wright, U.S Fish & Wildlife Service, June 2006
Marine debris on beach of Henderson, Pitcairn Islands: photo by American, April 2001
Marine debris on the beach of Green island, Kure Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: photo by Keeley Belva, 23 July 2007 (NOAA)
Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) sitting on marine debris, Green Island, Kure Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service; image by Telim tor, 2009
