I sat down last night and was reading the January/February 2010 issue of Spirituality & Health magazine and was completely blown away by one of the first things I saw. Photographer Chris Jordan recently photographed dead albatross chicks on Midway Atoll in the Pacific Northwest. Sounds gross, I know, but the photo article presented them as a sort of Stations of the Cross, where you stop at each "station" and reflect on the experiences of Jesus, or in this case, the state of the birds.
Each photo of these dead babies, decomposing back into the Earth, had loads of plastic pieces where their bellies had been. I'm not talking just one or two pieces, but literally handfuls of brightly colored bits of plastic. The crazy thing is that these babies live nearly 2000 miles from the closest continent in one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries. The photos are beautiful and haunting at the same time. I wish that I could post one here, but there are no links to the magazine, and the photographer's website doesn't have anything about these photos on it.
The phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words" is most apt here. One look at these photos, and you will feel like you need to do something about what we are doing to our world. If you are at a magazine rack, look for this magazine and check out the pictures. If you know me, just ask, and I'll bring the magazine the next time I see you. That's how much it impacted me!
Oh wow...that's so very sad, but thank you for sharing this with people. People need to realize the impact we have on nature and make choices accordingly.
Posted by: Tara | January 28, 2010 at 10:34 PM
Oooohh, I don't know if I am into crying with you anymore!
Posted by: Tamara w/ Nannies Galore | January 28, 2010 at 05:24 PM