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https://www.reefcheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/plasticparadise.jpg432800Thousands of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote places on earth. And yet it's become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent documentary film, journalist/filmmaker and Reef Check EcoDiver Angela Sun travels on a personal journey of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon.