The ocean’s Great Pacific Garbage Patch is full of floating life
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BEN LECOMTE VIA NEW YORK TIMES
An undated photo provided by Ben Lecomte shows a diver at the Great pacific Garbage Patch. Scientists aboard a ship supporting Lecomte’s swim through the garbage patch sampled the water along the way, finding high concentrations of neuston, or organisms living at the water’s surface.2/9
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A photo provided by Denis Rieck shows a buoy barnacle, Dosima fascicularis, viewed from the side, with aboral white float at the water’s surface.3/9
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A photo provided by Denis Rieck shows a Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia species, viewed from the side, with the float above the surface.4/9
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A photo provided by Denis Rieck shows the by-the-wind sailor Velella species, viewed from above.5/9
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A photo provided by Denis Rieck shows the blue sea dragons, Glaucus species, viewed from above with dark blue ventral surfaces.6/9
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A photo provided by Denis Rieck shows the floating anemone Actinecta species, viewed from the side, with the aboral float at the surface.7/9
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A photo provided by Denis Rieck shows the violet snail Janthina species, viewed from the side, with a large bubble raft made from snail mucus emerging from the water.8/9
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A photo provided by Denis Rieck shows the blue button Porpita species, viewed from above.9/9
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A photo provided by Denis Rieck shows the snail Recluzia species, viewed from the side oral end.
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