The formation of Japanese tsunami garbage floating island 111 km long

    U.S. Navy on March 13 and 14 photographs, showing the Japaneseearthquake triggered a tsunami will be houses, cars and all kinds ofdebris involved in the Pacific, a "trash island " is drifting to the West Coast.

13 last month, the U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken to show the involvement of the Japanese Pacific Tsunami various debris floating in the sea.

      U.S. Seventh Fleet said that this large-scale "the wreckage of the island, " as long as 111 km, covering an area of ​​more than 20 million square meters, the Fleet is closely monitoring the movements of this floating refuse heap.

Deputy Head of the Seventh Fleet Public Affairs Act Waugh said:"It is very large enough to endanger shipping. it can cause harm, including piercing the hull, leaving the boat rolled into the vesselimpact depression or propulsion system. " expert Estimates, this pile of tsunami debris floating will drift to Hawaii 2 years, 3 years after the drift to the West Coast.

    U.S. Navy is currently working with construction companies in Japan to try to clear the wreckage of these floating in the Yang Mianshang and garbage.

Seattle oceanographer Ebbers Meyer believes that the tsunamidebris washed up in 3 years, the U.S. West Coast: "I expecthousing pieces, the entire vessel and the victims was wearingshoes and feet will be washed off. "

     Ebbers Maier time tracking drifting objects at sea for decades. He said that Japan, after the tragic tsunami devastated, with manythousands of the remains of the victims rushed to the sea, most of the body will collapse in the water, wearing shoes and feet will continue to drift.