Tahle pláž je z odpadků
A sparkling beach in Northern California is made entirely of old dumped glass, smoothed into colorful pebbles by decades of waves.
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Tahle pláž je z odpadků. Pošli to někomu, kdo pořád hází lahve do moře. Na pobřeží severní Kalifornie narážejí vlny na pláž, která se na slunci třpytí zeleně, modře a bíle. Z dálky vypadá jako drahokamy.
Nejsou to drahokamy. Město poblíž tady mělo desítky let svou skládku a házelo lahve, nádobí a rozbité sklo rovnou do vody. Zbytek udělal oceán.
Vlna za vlnou, rok za rokem oceán obrousil každou ostrou hranu, až se z rozbitého skla staly malé kulaté barevné kamínky. Dnes je to chráněný park a sebrat i jediný kousek je proti zákonu.
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