British diver Rich Horner was exploring a site known as Manta Point near the island of Nusa Penida, the largest of three islands off the southeastern coast of Bali, when he spotted a soup of jellyfish, foliage and garbage. While Bali has become a hot spot for tourists over the years, it’s also infamous for the trash that collects on the island’s shores and waters.
Horner posted footage of the trash-filled site, usually frequented by large manta rays and other marine life, to Facebook on Friday.
“The ocean currents brought us in a lovely gift of a slick of jellyfish, plankton, leaves, branches, fronds, sticks, etc.... Oh, and some plastic,” Horner wrote in the caption of the video, which has been viewed nearly 1 million times.
He said the water was filled with plastic bags, bottles, cups, plastic sheets and sachets, straws, baskets and “plastic bags, more plastic bags, plastic, plastic, so much plastic!”
Videos like Horner’s are not uncommon.
Diver Lauren Jubb shared a similar video, also filmed at Manta Point in February. Her video showed manta rays swimming through plastic bags and other trash.
“I have never been so horrified and heartbroken as I was when I saw the amount of plastic and rubbish in the bay,” Jubb wrote in a Facebook post of the video.
Source: huffingtonpost
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