These grisly images were taken by photographer Chris Jordan on a remote cluster of islands called Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. As its name suggests, Midway Atoll is roughly midway between North America and Asia, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continental land.
The waste of our mass consumption surfaces in an astonishing place on these islands, inside the stomachs of thousands of dead baby albatrosses. The nesting chicks are fed lethal quantities of plastic by their parents, who mistake the floating trash for food as they forage over the vast polluted Pacific Ocean.
A heart-wrenching tale of the damage we sometimes unintentionally do to nature. One of the many reasons why recycling is so important.
For more photographs taken on Midway Atoll by Chris Jordan visit ChrisJordan.com here.
