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The Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay, joining the San Francisco Peninsula to the Marin Headlands.

#photo #photooftheday #bridges #california #color #goldengate #goldengatebridge #goldengatenationalrecreationarea #infrastructure #landscapes #marinheadlands #nature #northbay #ocean #pacificocean #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #sanfranciscobayarea #unitedstates #urban

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The Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay, joining the San Francisco Peninsula to the Marin Headlands.

#photo #photooftheday #bridges #california #color #goldengate #goldengatebridge #goldengatenationalrecreationarea #infrastructure #landscapes #marinheadlands #nature #northbay #ocean #pacificocean #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #sanfranciscobayarea #unitedstates #urban

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The Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay, joining the San Francisco Peninsula to the Marin Headlands.

#photo #photooftheday #bridges #california #color #goldengate #goldengatebridge #goldengatenationalrecreationarea #infrastructure #landscapes #marinheadlands #nature #northbay #ocean #pacificocean #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #sanfranciscobayarea #unitedstates #urban

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The Golden Gate Bridge spans the mouth of San Francisco Bay, joining the San Francisco Peninsula to the Marin Headlands.

#photo #photooftheday #bridges #california #color #goldengate #goldengatebridge #goldengatenationalrecreationarea #infrastructure #landscapes #marinheadlands #nature #northbay #ocean #pacificocean #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #sanfranciscobayarea #unitedstates #urban

For decades, China's maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now, Beijing is piling unprecedented pressure on its Pacific coast — a vital lifeline with U.S. allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/asia-pacific/china-campaign-taiwan-patrols/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #philippines #southchinasea #us #pacificocean

For decades, China's maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now, Beijing is piling unprecedented pressure on its Pacific coast — a vital lifeline with U.S. allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/asia-pacific/china-campaign-taiwan-patrols/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #philippines #southchinasea #us #pacificocean

For decades, China's maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now, Beijing is piling unprecedented pressure on its Pacific coast — a vital lifeline with U.S. allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/asia-pacific/china-campaign-taiwan-patrols/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #philippines #southchinasea #us #pacificocean

For decades, China's maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now, Beijing is piling unprecedented pressure on its Pacific coast — a vital lifeline with U.S. allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/asia-pacific/china-campaign-taiwan-patrols/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #philippines #southchinasea #us #pacificocean

For decades, China's maritime pressure on Taiwan centered on the major shipping strait separating the two neighbors. Now, Beijing is piling unprecedented pressure on its Pacific coast — a vital lifeline with U.S. allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/07/asia-pacific/china-campaign-taiwan-patrols/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #philippines #southchinasea #us #pacificocean

#SilentSunday

#photo #photography #yyj #victoria #bc #JamesBay #notAI #HollandPoint #DallasRoadShoreline #beach #driftwood #water #ocean #Pacificocean #JuandeFucaStrait #waves #OlympicMountains #WA #Washington

#SilentSunday

#photo #photography #yyj #victoria #bc #JamesBay #notAI #HollandPoint #DallasRoadShoreline #beach #driftwood #water #ocean #Pacificocean #JuandeFucaStrait #waves #OlympicMountains #WA #Washington

#SilentSunday

#photo #photography #yyj #victoria #bc #JamesBay #notAI #HollandPoint #DallasRoadShoreline #beach #driftwood #water #ocean #Pacificocean #JuandeFucaStrait #waves #OlympicMountains #WA #Washington

#SilentSunday

#photo #photography #yyj #victoria #bc #JamesBay #notAI #HollandPoint #DallasRoadShoreline #beach #driftwood #water #ocean #Pacificocean #JuandeFucaStrait #waves #OlympicMountains #WA #Washington

#SilentSunday

#photo #photography #yyj #victoria #bc #JamesBay #notAI #HollandPoint #DallasRoadShoreline #beach #driftwood #water #ocean #Pacificocean #JuandeFucaStrait #waves #OlympicMountains #WA #Washington

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/ #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/ #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/ #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/ #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

ICYMI: Redondo Pier Sunset: Sun sets into the Pacific Ocean, flanked by a pair of sail-shaped trellises at the Redondo Beach Pier.

レドンド・ピアの夕日
レドンド・ビーチ・ピアでは、帆の形をした一対のトレリスに挟まれて、太陽が太平洋に沈んでいく。 https://hermosawavephotography.com/260821/ #RedondoPier #Sunset #PacificOcean #RedondoBeach #Photography

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #pacificocean #ThrowbackThursday (early) #oregoncoast #holga #analogphotography #2012CE #september #neahkahniemountain #wayfindingpoint #viewpoint #EvergreenTrees #nogenerativeai

2012 View from Neahkahnie Mountain Wayfinding Point

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Surfing Before School

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#NoGenAi #AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Surfing #Surfer #Pacific #Sport #Sports #People #Surf #LeftCoast #WaterSports #PacificOcean #HermosaBeach #WaterSport #WaterSports #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome

It's somehow disappointing, to head west and enjoy every minute of it...and then find there's nowhere further west you can even go. Well...there is Alaska, but even with that, when you're here, it very much feels like the "End of the Map".

Taken by me in Redondo Beach.

#art #photography #sunset #sky #skyscape #sea #ocean #PacificOcean #PacificCoast #WestCoast #cityscape #streetscape #autumn #California

What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 151

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 Ashleigh Burton reacts to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – When it comes to movies about the Cold War and the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb stood out with its very unique presentation backed with memorable performances by Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. The film was a satire about the Cold War tensions between America and Russia, and it gave moviegoers a unique look as to what could have happened behind the secured government offices and how each nation communicated with each other over the hotline. Kubrick’s film is so significant, it got featured in many movie reaction videos on YouTube and I had fun watching Ashleigh Burton’s reaction video. Go watch it now!

https://youtu.be/0UvpfBk4Kmw?si=FxiDWW7e-nuh0uXa

#2 Behind the Scenes Making of Resident Evil (1996) – It has been over thirty years since Resident Evil was first released and today it has grown into a multimedia entertainment franchise still driven by video game productions. Although many video game publications published a lot of articles about the original game from 1996, none of them captured the behind-the-scenes making at Capcom which the YouTube video below features. Even if you are not a Resident Evil fan, I still encourage you to watch it as you can learn a lot about the process, the hard work done by the Japanese and insight shared by Shinji Mikami.

https://youtu.be/fAL9T9U2xTE?si=8Ubd690wH15EmiVK

#3 The Multi-million Dollar Theft With Fake Coupons – Over a decade ago, someone in the state of Arizona started an illegal operation using fake coupons which grew so dramatically, it became a shadow enterprise and two more people got involved. The operation of multiple fake shopping coupons robbed corporations several millions of Dollars and the one who started it got so rich she even bought herself many luxury vehicles. To find out the details about this true crime story, watch the video below and pay close attention.

https://youtu.be/Aggc-E0T2ak?si=Xk1F8CtTkaQV8TZ1

#4 Austria Fought Back Against Islam – Massive immigration that includes Islamists who are obsessed with conquering new nations is very clearly dangerous and even toxic. With so many illegal aliens/immigrants and Muslims in Europe, it is clear that the future of the Europeans is looking more uncertain as time passes. Among them is Austria which boldly made changes to prioritize its own people and preserve its rich culture by pushing back hard against Islamists. Already there were Islamic scandals that were uncovered there in Austria. Watch and learn from the Fall of Nations video below.

https://youtu.be/n5MVM52exGs?si=uH6a53eb4aE5fxWJ

#5 The Fall of BuzzFeed – Remember how popular BuzzFeed was? Even though a lot of people got lured by them, I never trusted BuzzFeed and I was never interested with their videos and other online gimmicks. BuzzFeed was also a very questionable participant in journalism no matter what they did to gain credibility. Fortunately for the world, BuzzFeed collapsed and deservedly so. To find out why, watch MAGAmark’s video below.

https://youtu.be/SikAZ0zaQ7g?si=BVVNDGBR0BgVg8-6

#6 Record-breaking Rainfall Hits Chiba Prefecture in Japan – Apart from being vulnerable to earthquakes which is connected with being located within the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan also has its share of struggles with immense rainfall and flooding. Recently, record-breaking rainfall hit Chiba Prefecture causing a lot of flood and hardship for the Japanese. If you were a constant visitor to Japan, was there ever a time when you got caught in heavy rain and flooding there? Watch and learn from the Nippon TV video below.

https://youtu.be/5Su4DzVfZkk?si=r66FP6RNdsfHH-Vr

#7 Role-playing Games About 1990s Anime – Believe it or not, there are indeed role-playing games (RPGs) based on anime properties that were popular in the 1990s. Of course, a lot of those anime-based RPGs were released only in Japan and some of them became playable with English translations through digital patches, emulation and fan-made translations. If you are into retro gaming, anime, RPGs and the 1990s, watch the Gaming Broductions video below.

https://youtu.be/cK2Gp-mosxo?si=laqA-8XHec40S9zc

#8 Assorted Pacific Rim Reaction Videos – When Pacific Rim was released in cinemas worldwide in 2013, I never bothered to watch it in the local cinema. Here in the Philippines, there was a lot of pre-release buzz that Manila would appear in the movie and so many local film buffs got excited. The movie eventually grossed over $400 million worldwide through theaters and a lot of people enjoyed its high-quality visuals, intense battles and the special attention to detail invested on the size and scale of the locations. The movie has been featured in several reaction videos and posted below are the entertaining ones to watch.

https://youtu.be/k9jIe3pN6Dk?si=WM6NvAh-8gvx_Jow

https://youtu.be/uVEqUuGtrd4?si=J8kt1MeCAXL5yIhr

https://youtu.be/uoNPvcreM8s?si=UVW8q4m2a7ov9fLI

#9 Ranting for Vengeance Slams Video Essay Slop on YouTube – It is not a secret that YouTube is filled not only with artificial intelligence (AI) slop but also video essays made by individuals who arrogantly think of themselves as experts and wise creators. In his recent video, Ranting for Vengeance slammed the video essay slop on YouTube and explained in detail what kind of people created those videos, what their agenda and why people should not allow themselves to be influenced by them. I encourage you to watch the video below now.

https://youtu.be/r8hhXBuXNb4?si=z_nZ3U4n_QGwNaFC

#10 Shallow Focus is a Disease in Movies – There is a new trend that has influence the production of movies in Hollywood (AKA Commiewood) for many years now and it has literally become a disease which made the viewing of movies undesirable. The disease is shallow focus which occurs when the area of sharpness in front of a camera lens is very narrow which results in blurry backgrounds. Shallow focus is being abused in modern-day filmmaking and it is only getting worse. That said, I encourage you all to watch Rowan J Coleman’s video below and share it to as many film buffs as possible.

https://youtu.be/2I4X14L5WsA?si=cSdYmBW4QTsqR6hH

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#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Surfing Before School

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#NoGenAi #AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Surfing #Surfer #Pacific #Sport #Sports #People #Surf #LeftCoast #WaterSports #PacificOcean #HermosaBeach #WaterSport #WaterSports #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Woman #Female

Japan’s defense economy: How Tokyo is turning military expansion into a growth strategy

Japan is changing not only the scale of its defense policy but also the language used to explain…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Economy #asia #china #defensepolicy #EconomyofJapan #Japan'seconomy #Japaneseeconomy #PacificOcean #taiwan
https://www.europesays.com/japan/68830/

#SilentSunday

#photo #photography #yyj #victoria #bc #JamesBay #notAI #clouds #sky #water #PacificOcean #CruiseShip #beach

#MeerMittwoch au #Japon avec l'océan Pacifique.

#SeaWednesday #MerCredi #Japan #OceanPacifique #PacificOcean

#digitalphotography #photomanipulation #ontheroad #doubleexposure #photomontage #surreal #boat #motorboat #waves #fence #marinedrive #portland #deadgrass #portlandairport #deadgrass #grassfire #pacificocean #columbiariver #trailer #nogenerativeai

Marine Driving

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

California Surfing

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Surfing #Surfer #Pacific #Sport #Sports #People #Surf #LeftCoast #WaterSports #PacificOcean #HermosaBeach #WaterSport #WaterSports #CamelCase

Snowy Plovers And Persistence

I didn’t come to Oregon to find Snow Plovers, but once I was near them and knew they existed, I had to find them and add to my 2026 goal of finding 500 species.

It’s not exactly ‘Snowy Plover Season’

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/snowy-plovers-and-persistence/

#Birding #NorthAmerica #OddInterestingAwesome #Oregon #PhotoOfTheDay #StatePark #USA #bird #birding #ColumbiaRiver #PacificOcean #PhotoOfTheDay #PlantainOcean #SnowyPlover #travel #USA

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

Where We'd All Like To Be Today

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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #US #USA #Pacific #PacificOcean #CamelCase #Surf #Surfing #Surfer #Sport #Sports #Watersport #Watersports #Street #StreetPhotography #People #Seascape #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #OrangeCounty #OC #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Schiff #Schiffs

Juvenile Pennant Butterflyfish at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #juvenile #fish #Saturday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #KeepItReal #C2PA

How shark tracking data shaped Papua New Guinea’s ocean sanctuary

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/05/how-shark-tracking-data-shaped-papua-new-guineas-ocean-sanctuary/

A trust fund set up to help a South Pacific nation gravely threatened by climate change has invested in coal mining, gas exploration and the world's largest crude oil refinery, an investigation has revealed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/28/asia-pacific/fund-climate-tuvalu-pacific-fossil-fuels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #tuvalu #pacificocean #climatechange #fossilfuels

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ cheek-lined wrasse ✧

The cheek-lined wrasse (Oxycheilinus digramma) is a species of fish in the wrasse family, Labridae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, residing in coral reefs, sheltered inland areas, and lagoons, at depths from 3 to 60 metres (10 to 200 ft). Juveniles have been observed to live...

#indianocean #pacificocean #anilao #philippines #oxycheilinusdigramma #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek-lined_wrasse

Bluefin Trevally, aka Omilu at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #juvenile #fish #Saturday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #KeepItReal

Yellowfin Goatfish, aka Weke, at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #school #fish #saturday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #KeepItReal #video #videooftheday

Green Sea Turtle, aka Honu, at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #videooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #green #turtle #Tuesday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #video #videography #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #KeepItReal

A Day Octopus chilling at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #videooftheday

#octopus #tako #Saturday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #video #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #follow

Spanish Dancer Nudibranch at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #videooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #slug #pink #Thursday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #video #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #follow

#MonochromeMonday

A #sailboat slightly keeling, in the #SalishSea.

#PacificOcean #CoastalBC #Sailing #PNW #Nautical #Marine #GreatBigSea #SaltwaterForTheSoul #SailsOut #monochrome #BWphoto #photography

#SeashoreSaturday

Isolated beaches are my fave. I avoid beaches with people around. I go out to nature to get away from most humans.

#YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificOcean #ocean #beach #driftwood #CoastalBC #landscape #nature #SalishSea #seashore #seaside #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Westcoast #Canada #Solitude

More visual memories from recent multi-day sailing adventures around the #SalishSea 😊

#SailAway #CoastalBC #Adventures #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia #PacificOcean #sailboat #wildlife #AbandonedPlaces #landscape #seascape #Summer #marine #nautical #LifeIsForLiving #MakingMemories #hydroelectric #BChistory #BCHydro

Some visual memories from recent multi-day sailing adventures around the #SalishSea 😊

#SailAway #CoastalBC #Adventures #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia #PacificOcean #sailboat #wildlife #crabbing #landscape #seascape #Summer #marine #nautical #LifeIsForLiving #MakingMemories

#Japan's #Fukushima #nuclear wastewater 'pose major #environmental, #HumanRights risks' - UN experts

20 May 2025

"The United Nations (UN) human rights experts have written to the Japanese government to express their concerns about the release of more than one million metric tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the #PacificOcean.

"In August 2023, Japan began discharging wastewaster from about 1000 storage tanks of contaminated water collected after the earthquake and tsunami in 2011 that caused the meltdown of its Fukushima nuclear plant.

"In the formal communication, available publicly, UN Human Rights Council special rappoteurs addressed the the management of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS)-treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) by the Japan government and TEPCO (Tokio Electric Power), and the ongoing discharge of such waters into the Pacific Ocean.

"They said 'we are alarmed that the implementation of contaminated water release operations of into the ocean may pose major environmental and human rights risks, exposing people, especially children, to threats of further contamination in Japan and beyond.'

" 'We wish to raise our concern about the allegations of the failure to assess the consequences on health of the release of wastewater against the best available scientific evidence,' the special rappoteurs write.

" 'Against this backdrop, we would like to highlight that the threats to the enjoyment of the right to adequate food do not concern only local people within the borders of Japan.

" 'Given the migratory nature of fish, their contamination represents a risk also for people living beyond the Japanese borders, including Indigenous Peoples across the Pacific Ocean which, according to their culture and traditions, mainly rely on seafood as their primary livelihood.'

"The letter follows a complaint submitted by Ocean Vision Legal in August 2023 on behalf of the Pacific Network on Globalisation (#PANG) and endorsed by over 50 civil society groups in the Pacific and beyond.

"In a statement on Tuesday, PANG hailed it as "a landmark move for #OceanJustice and #HumanRights'.

"The organisation said that the destructive legacy of nuclear #contamination through #NuclearTesting is still strongly felt across the region.

"It said this legacy is marked by severe health impacts across generations and the ongoing failure to properly clean up test sites, which continue to contaminate the islands and waterways that Pacific peoples depend on.

" 'As Pacific groups, we remain disappointed in the Japanese Government and TEPCO's shameless disregard of the calls by numerous Pacific leaders and civil society groups to hold off on any further release,' PANG's coordinator Joey Tau said.

" 'Their ignorance constitutes a brazen threat to Pacific peoples' livelihoods, safety, health and well-being, and the sovereignty of Pacific nations,' he added.

"Japan has consistently maintained that the release is safe.

"The UN human rights experts have asked for further information from Japan, including on the allegations raised, and on how the Radiological Environmental Impact Assessment has been conducted according to the best available scientific evidence.

"This communication sends a clear message: Ocean issues must be understood as human rights issues, requiring precautionary and informed action aligned with international environmental law to safeguard both people and the marine environment.

"#OceanVisionLegal founder and CEO Anna von Rebay said while the communication is not legally binding, it is a crucial milestone.

" 'It informs the interpretation of human rights and environmental law in response to contemporary threats, contributing to the development of customary international law and strengthens accountability for any actor harming the Ocean,' she said.

" 'Ultimately, it paves the way towards a future where the Ocean's health is fully recognised as fundamental to human dignity, justice, and intergenerational equity.' "

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