The Remote Paradise with a Plastic Problem

For hundreds of years, Henderson Island has seen little human activity. Nonetheless, it has human fingerprints all over its beaches.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Story by Pola Lem.

Published July 23, 2017
Data acquired April 3, 2009

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Terra > ASTER