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Midway: Message from the Gyre

  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).
  • Chris Jordan, Midway: Message from the Gyre (2009 - Current).

Unaltered stomach contents of a dead albatross filled with plastic marine debris. Photographed by Chris Jordan at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge on Midway Atoll, a 2.4-square-mile atoll in the North Pacific Ocean at 28°12′N 177°21′W, approximately equidistant between North America and Asia.

Credit: Chris Jordan from the Midway: Message from the Gyre series (2009 – Current), via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (CC BY 2.0)

Curated by Lea Rekow for BifrostOnline

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