That first pic though really does look like its a shore line.
Especially with the small waves in the right top corner. As well as the woman and child walking on it.
The second pic kinda looks like a shore line too.
Weeks to sail too it, then someone drops a canoe to paddle through it ?
Im not saying those pics arent disgusting and scary. Im just wondering the validity of those pics and as to where that garbage really is ?

 

I looked at one of the links you added.
I was right. Those pics are not of giant garbage islands floating in the middle of an ocean.
Those pics are of garbage along coastal shores that are sent there by a vortex.

Whomever owns those coasts should clean it up. Im amazed that any country would allow that kind of build up along its shores.

 

I agree.

Also, imagen the amount of garbage sucked into the oceans by the recent tsunamis.
Additionaly, in much of the So Pacific, including the Philippines, people go to the beaches and toss the garbage into the waterways which in turn takes it out to sea.


Seems like the garbage patch is mostly floating just below the surface.
I'm not sure its solid or billions of plastic bits swirling around.


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