Mylar helium filled balloon pollution.  Condor Express guests get great photographs of this huge societal problem firsthand.  Captain Mat C. steers the Condor Express alongside so deckhand Matt R. can grab and remove this dangerous garbage.
Deckhand Matt R. removes another cluster of plastic pollution from the Pacific Ocean.
Deckhand Matt R. gaffs the mylar balloons and removes them from the beautiful Pacific Ocean.  Way to go, Matt!
Mylar helium filled balloon pollution....  Two days after Valentine's day and there were at least 3 dozen balloons and clusters of balloons such as these on the surface of the ocean.  When left to the forces of nature, the paint comes off and leaves behind a floating mass of clear plastic garbage.  Some fish that prey on gelatinous animals may mistake the plastic garbage for food and kill themselves.  Others become entangled.  Society must ban helium filled mylar balloons as they are a menace to marine life and add to the horrible plastic debris problem in the Pacific.
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Condor crew puts the gaff on a killer mylar helium balloon found floating in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Marine life killer:  a helium mylar balloon set adrift inland and blown out to sea.
Picturesque, yes, but a form of man-made pollution that entangles and causes harm to the natural marine life:  helium balloons escape the city and blow out to the ocean where they land after the helium escapes.  Let's put an end to this problem - ban helium baloons!
Very patriotic, but the worst debris pollution for the ocean.  Helium filled balloons always blow out to the sea and loose gas, then reside on the surface for an eternity.
Mylar helium filled balloon pollution. Condor Express guests get great photographs of this huge societal problem firsthand. Captain Mat C. steers the Condor Express alongside so deckhand Matt R. can grab and remove this dangerous garbage.
Mylar helium filled balloon pollution.  Condor Express guests get great photographs of this huge societal problem firsthand.  Captain Mat C. steers the Condor Express alongside so deckhand Matt R. can grab and remove this dangerous garbage.
Mylar helium filled balloon pollution. Condor Express guests get great photographs of this huge societal problem firsthand. Captain Mat C. steers the Condor Express alongside so deckhand Matt R. can grab and remove this dangerous garbage.
See photo in original gallery.