Highest microplastics collection site (IMAGE)
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This image high-elevation expedition climbers and Sherpa wear 'Himalayan suits' made of waterproof acrylic fibers at the Balcony (~8,440 m.a.s.l.), the highest from which microplastics were collected during the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. Behind them rest disused metal oxygen canisters and other waste which is a regular sight at this common resting point. www.NatGeo.com/Everest.
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Baker Perry/National Geographic
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