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  • California Tower, Museum Of Man, Balboa Park, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • California Tower, Museum Of Man, Balboa Park, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • Wes Miller often begins his morning milk delivery route around 3:30 in the morning. Wes has being delivering milk for Alta Dena for fifteen years, his father did it for forty-five years. Alta Dena is one of the last dairy companies that still home deliver in Los Angeles. Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Wes Miller often begins his morning milk delivery route around 3:30 in the morning. Wes has being delivering milk for Alta Dena for fifteen years, his father did it for forty-five years. Alta Dena is one of the last dairy companies that still home deliver in Los Angeles. Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Wes Miller often begins his morning milk delivery route around 3:30 in the morning. Wes has being delivering milk for Alta Dena for fifteen years, his father did it for forty-five years. Alta Dena is one of the last dairy companies that still home deliver in Los Angeles. Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Wes Miller often begins his morning milk delivery route around 3:30 in the morning. Wes has being delivering milk for Alta Dena for fifteen years, his father did it for forty-five years. Alta Dena is one of the last dairy companies that still home deliver in Los Angeles. Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • A homeless camp along Emerald Street in the Vista Hermosa neighborhood. Los Angeles, California
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  • armers discuss their plantings. Stanford Avalon Gardens is a 7.6 acre community farm with over 200 plots. The site was started by farmers dislocated by the loss and bulldozing of the South-Central Urban Farm in 2006. Farmers grow many different fruits and vegetables as well as Mexican herbs and spices such as Halache, Pipicha, Epazote, Papalo and Chipiline. Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Taking cable car over Carpenter Creek on the Galena Trail, New Denver, Slocan Valley, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada (MR)
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  • Rod Cardella stand in fron of the California Aqueduct next to his farm. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • A small greenhouse at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles. The school uses gardens to teach students about gardening and also has a vertical garden, a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Teacher Chris Medinger holds a snow pea plant for repotting in the small greenhouse at the <br />
Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles. The school uses gardens to teach students about gardening and also has a vertical garden, a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • 82 Kilowatt Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Apartment Fire in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Apartment Fire in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Surfer, San Clemente Pier, Orange County, California, USA
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  • Jackie Robinson Statue, Jackie Robinson Stadium, UCLA, Los Angeles, California (LA)
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  • Jackie Robinson Statue, Jackie Robinson Stadium, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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  • Dog Beach, Ocean Beach, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • Old Town State Historic Park, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • South Carlsbad State Beach, California (SD)
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  • Rod Cardella standing in his vinyard which uses drip irrigation. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Installation of diverter valve for greywater system at new home construction site. A branched greywater system diverts discarded water from sinks and washing machines away from sewage lines, and recycles it back via a gravity fed drain system for irrigation and back into the aquifer. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Installation of diverter valve for greywater system at new home construction site. A branched greywater system diverts discarded water from sinks and washing machines away from sewage lines, and recycles it back via a gravity fed drain system for irrigation and back into the aquifer. Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Dog Beach, Ocean Beach, San Diego, California
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  • Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show "This New House". Bob Hayes of Prevailing Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA
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  • armers discuss their plantings. Stanford Avalon Gardens is a 7.6 acre community farm with over 200 plots. The site was started by farmers dislocated by the loss and bulldozing of the South-Central Urban Farm in 2006. Farmers grow many different fruits and vegetables as well as Mexican herbs and spices such as Halache, Pipicha, Epazote, Papalo and Chipiline. Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Stanford Avalon Gardens is a 7.6 acre community farm with over 200 plots. The site was started by farmers dislocated by the loss and bulldozing of the South-Central Urban Farm in 2006. Farmers grow many different fruits and vegetables as well as Mexican herbs and spices such as Halache, Pipicha, Epazote, Papalo and Chipiline. Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Solar Technicians inspecting Main Electric Distribution Panel. part of system for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Solar Technicians with Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter in Control room for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • 82 Kilowatt Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Apartment Fire in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Apartment Fire in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Apartment Fire in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Apartment Fire in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Hydrofoil Sailboat, Long Beach Harbor, California, USA
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  • Taking cable car over Carpenter Creek on the Galena Trail, New Denver, Slocan Valley, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada (MR)
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  • Surfer, San Clemente Pier, Orange County, California, USA
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  • Worker shoveling a crop field. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show "This New House". Bob Hayes of Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA
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  • Installing the Inverter which changes Direct Current (DC) electricity into Alternating Current (AC) electricity. Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show "This New House". Bob Hayes of Prevailing  Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA
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  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
    CA16337.jpg
  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Workers install a solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Cleaning up the Glendale narrows. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held  May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Venice Beach Surfers, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Dog Beach, Ocean Beach, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • Old Town State Historic Park, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • Old Town State Historic Park, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • Rod Cardella stand in fron of the California Aqueduct next to his farm. Rod Cardella runs Cardella Winery, a family business since 1969, which grows almonds, broccoli and other crops as well as grapes. With the high price of water in recent years, Rod has turned to technology and drip irrigation to lower water usage and like many other farmers is planting high value crops such as almonds. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Parasailing, Oxnard, California, USA
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  • A small greenhouse at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles. The school uses gardens to teach students about gardening and also has a vertical garden, a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA
    CA17171.jpg
  • Solar Technicians with Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter in Control room for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Apartment Fire in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Old Town State Historic Park, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • Chinatown, Los Angeles, California (LA)
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  • Skipping stones in Wellfleet Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Solar Technicians with Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter in Control room for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Solar Technicians with Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Inverter in Control room for 82Kw Solar Array on roof of Big Blue Bus Terminal, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
    CA16585.jpg
  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
    CA16292.jpg
  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
    CA16289.jpg
  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Old Town State Historic Park, San Diego, California (SD)
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  • Chinatown, Los Angeles, California (LA)
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  • Worker shoveling a crop field. Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
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  • Teacher Chris Medinger holds a snow pea plant for repotting in the small greenhouse at the <br />
Downtown Value School.
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  • Installaion of Grid-tied solar array on roof of Big Blue Bus facilites, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, Santa Monica, California, USA
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  • Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, Installation by Martifer Solar USA, California, USA
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  • Venice Beach Surfers, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Captain Charles Moore, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 10 years ago, showing plastic samples collected in the North Pacific Gyre.  The ORV Alguita returns to Long beach after four months at sea sampling the waters of the “great Pacific garbage patch" in the North Pacific Subtropical  Gyre (NPSG). The Algalita Marine Research Foundation has been studying and educating the public about the effects of oceanic micro-plastic pollution on the ocean's ecosystem and marine life for over ten years. Long Beach, California, USA.
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  • On the 3rd day, with gale force winds approaching, the “Junk” finds refuge in a cove off San Nicholas Island. Joel and Marcus prepare for their first night alone without their escort, the Alguita. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • Cranes picking up garbage debris after first rain of the season. The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
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  • The Garbage boom on the Los Angeles River in Long Beach was built in 2001. Urban runoff carries an assortment of trash and debris from catch basins where a network of pipes and open channels create a pathway to the Ocean. The man made debris can include plastic bags and bottles, Styrofoam cups, cans, tires, and household furniture. After the first major storm of the season, the boom may collect over 50,000 pounds of trash.
    CA15971.jpg
  • On the 3rd day, with gale force winds approaching, the “Junk” finds refuge in a cove off San Nicholas Island. Joel and Marcus prepare for their first night alone without their escort, the Alguita. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • Captain Charlie Moore swims over to the "Junk" to bring some hot, fresh coffee. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On the second day of the voyage, the "Junk" raises it sails for a brief time. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On the thrid day of the trip, with gale force winds approaching, the “Junk” finds refuge in a cove off San Nicholas Island. Marcus (l) and Joel (r) prepare for their first night alone without their escort, the Alguita. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On the third day of the trip the “Junk” sets sail about 65 miles from shore. Pictured is Joel Paschal. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
    CA15444.jpg
  • On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • Captain Charles Moore, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre, showing plastic samples collected in the North Pacific Gyre.
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  • The raft crew comes on board the Alguita for a last hot meal. On the 3rd day, with gale force winds approaching, the “Junk” finds refuge in a cove off San Nicholas Island. Joel and Marcus prepare for their first night alone without their escort, the Alguita. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
    CA15473.jpg
  • On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
    CA15455.jpg
  • On the thrid day of the trip, with gale force winds approaching, the “Junk” finds refuge in a cove off San Nicholas Island. Marcus (l) and Joel (r) prepare for their first night alone without their escort, the Alguita. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
    CA15452.jpg
  • On the third day of the trip the “Junk” sets sail about 65 miles from shore. Pictured is Joel Paschal. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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  • On the third day of the trip the “Junk” sets sail about 65 miles from shore. Pictured is Joel Paschal. On Sunday June 1, the raft named "Junk"  left Long Beach for it’s 2100 mile voyage to Hawaii to bring attention to the plastic marine debris (nicknamed the plastic soup) accumulating in the North Pacific Gyre. The raft was designed and will be sailed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, and Joel Paschal, it is constructed from 15,000 plastic bottles, an airplane fuselage, discarded fishing nets and a solar generator. The raft was towed for two and a half days to near San Nicholas Island, about 65 mile of the coast of California, so it could catch favorable winds for it’s trip. The tow boat was the ORV Alguita, captained by Charlie Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man credited for first discovering the plastic soup in the Gyre over 12 years ago.
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