Esta playa está hecha de basura
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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Esta playa está hecha de basura. Envía esto a alguien que todavía tira botellas al mar. En la costa del norte de California, las olas rompen sobre una playa que brilla en verde, azul y blanco bajo el sol. Desde lejos parece que hay joyas.
No son joyas. Durante décadas, el pueblo cercano usó exactamente este lugar como su vertedero, tirando botellas, platos y vidrio roto directamente al agua. El mar hizo el resto.
Ola tras ola, año tras año, el mar suavizó cada borde afilado hasta que el vidrio roto se convirtió en pequeñas piedras redondas y coloridas. Hoy es un parque protegido, y llevarse aunque sea un solo trozo está prohibido por ley.
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