Here's a set of sad and stunning pictures of what we've done to our planet.
Photographer Chris Jordan writes:
"These photographs of albatross chicks were made in September 2009on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle ofthe North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plasticby their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collectingwhat looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this dietof human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die onMidway from starvation, toxicity, and choking. To document thisphenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic inany of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, oraltered in any way. These images depict the actual stomach contents ofbaby birds in one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries, morethan 2000 miles from the nearest continent."
Watch Jordan's slide show, AFTER THE JUMP…
(via dossier journal)
