ごみでできた砂浜
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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この砂浜はごみでできています。まだ海に瓶を捨てる人に送ってください。北カリフォルニアの海岸で、波が打ち寄せる砂浜が、太陽の下で緑や青や白にきらめきます。遠くから見ると宝石のようです。
宝石ではありません。何十年ものあいだ、近くの町はまさにこの場所をごみ捨て場にしていました。瓶も食器も割れたガラスも、そのまま海へ投げ込んだのです。あとは海がやりました。
波が来るたび、年が過ぎるたび、海はとがった角をすべて丸くしていきました。割れたガラスは、小さくて丸い、色とりどりの石になりました。今ここは保護された公園で、一つ拾うだけでも法律違反です。
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