Satellite Images

More images can be viewed here:

• http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/
• http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?project=gulfofmexico

Projections

Tens of thousands of albatross chicks are killed each year when they are mistakenly fed trash. The albatross is only one of the many species that is highly vulnerable to human trash, and the outlook is not good when our oceans are swimming with detritus: see the previous article on the Plastic Killing Fields

Dead Albatross Chick

See more photos at http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11