Dead Horse Bay, 6.28.14
Joined a meet-up on 06.28.14 and went to Dead Horse Bay, the first stop of our trip. The place got its name when horse-rendering plants still surrounded the beach. At the turn of the century, the marsh of Dead Horse Bay began to be used as a landfill. Even with the trash heap capped, the trash spew forth onto the beach. Since then garbage has been leaking continually onto the beach, most of these bottles, and into the ocean from Dead Horse Bay.
There weren't that many bottles when we were there when I compared it to some pictures taken at the site. I think this was the effect of hurricane Sandy which probably took most of the bottles to the sea.
Dead Horse Bay, 6.28.14
Joined a meet-up on 06.28.14 and went to Dead Horse Bay, the first stop of our trip. The place got its name when horse-rendering plants still surrounded the beach. At the turn of the century, the marsh of Dead Horse Bay began to be used as a landfill. Even with the trash heap capped, the trash spew forth onto the beach. Since then garbage has been leaking continually onto the beach, most of these bottles, and into the ocean from Dead Horse Bay.
There weren't that many bottles when we were there when I compared it to some pictures taken at the site. I think this was the effect of hurricane Sandy which probably took most of the bottles to the sea.