[Deaf Smith]

There is said to be a island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean the size of Texas.

Is there any satellite images of the island?

Have not seen such on FR

[tired&retired]

“There is said to be a island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean the size of Texas.”

USA should claim it and move the illegal immigrants there. </s>

[ClearCase_guy]

There is said to be a island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean the size of Texas.

I have heard that. I have no knowledge of the facts, but I offer this as a possibility:

I have heard that you could fit all 7 billion people on the planet in Texas. It's a thought experiment. If you were to gather every human, they could stand in a space the size of Texas. But what if you took every little bit of plastic which is in the entire Pacific ocean, and what if you gathered them all together? How much area could you (theoretically) cover with all of that plastic? Perhaps a space the size of Texas. THEREFORE: There is a plastic island the size of Texas floating in the Pacific.

[null and void]

There is no such image. A few hundred dime sized pieces per square mile doesn’t really show up on a photo from space.