A beach strewn with plastic litter in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

Beach strewn with littler at Laysan Island in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
Photo By/Credit

Susan White/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
10/11/2012
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Plastic debris that floated ashore litters a beach on Laysan Island in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Pacific. Tides wash the debris ashore from the 鈥淕reat Pacific Garbage Patch,鈥� which flows past the Northwest Hawaiian Islands.
Facility
Papah膩naumoku膩kea Marine National Monument
Recreational Activity
Birding
Photography
Wildlife watching
Subject tags
Human impacts
Marine ecology
Marine environments
Pollution
Wildlife refuges