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The great Pacific garbage patch...

Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:29 pm
Posted by Bustedsack
Member since Dec 2017
4387 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:29 pm
How is this not visible on Google maps? It supposedly twice the size of Texas and yet I ain't found shite.

If anyone can enlighten my dumbass, it would be greatly appreciated.

Some articles and videos are attached for your enjoyment.

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Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22808 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:30 pm to
It’s little pieces of plastic mostly. Mostly really small.

Not a big floating patch like you are thinking.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59347 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:30 pm to
quote:

supposedly twice the size of Texas and yet I ain't found shite.


Because it isn’t, most of it’s all tiny trash or underwater anyways
Posted by jonboy
Member since Sep 2003
7484 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:31 pm to
Aren't they sending some kind of garbage eating machine there this summer?
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15281 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:31 pm to
Texas is huge, twice that size is double the area, but the oceans are wayyyyyy bigger.
Posted by ellunchboxo
G-Town
Member since Feb 2009
19539 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:32 pm to
The answer is in the article you posted.

quote:

Instead, it's like a galaxy of garbage, populated by millions of smaller trash islands that may be hidden underwater or spread out over many miles.


I’m guessing you didn’t read it.
Posted by Bustedsack
Member since Dec 2017
4387 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:34 pm to
I figured the shite was floating. It just blows my mind that it is quite possibly twice the size of Texas. I would assume we would be able to see something from space. I mean we can see a wall for crying out loud.
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
62710 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:34 pm to
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This post was edited on 4/17/18 at 9:36 pm
Posted by jonboy
Member since Sep 2003
7484 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:34 pm to
Supposedly these dudes will get half of it in 5 years.

This thing
Posted by flyAU
Member since Dec 2010
24901 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:35 pm to
We need to pull it over to the California coast so we can put another great thing on our list.
Posted by Bustedsack
Member since Dec 2017
4387 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:35 pm to
quote:

Aren't they sending some kind of garbage eating machine there this summer?


That's what has peaked my curiosity on the subject.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59347 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:35 pm to
quote:

I mean we can see a wall for crying out loud.


Because it isn’t underwater or made up of microscopic pieces....
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
7544 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:37 pm to
quote:

I’m guessing you didn’t read it.


I'm guess he doesn't read much at all in general.
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
Nocatee, FL.
Member since Jan 2008
59577 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:40 pm to
When the BIG ONE hits Calfornia there will be a whole lot more garbage in that GARBAGE PATCH.
Posted by LCA131
Home of the Fake Sig lines
Member since Feb 2008
77709 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:41 pm to
quote:

mean we can see a wall for crying out loud.


But, my man, it's no ordinary wall.
Posted by Bustedsack
Member since Dec 2017
4387 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:43 pm to
quote:

I'm guess he doesn't read much at all in general.


Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
41382 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:44 pm to
It's really a stealth island owned by China.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36788 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:45 pm to
I don't think sports forum comments count.
Posted by Bustedsack
Member since Dec 2017
4387 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:46 pm to
quote:

It's really a stealth island owned by China


Asians are the worst.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
41382 posts
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:48 pm to
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Its low density (4 particles per cubic meter) prevents detection by satellite imagery, or even by casual boaters or divers in the area
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