Originally published at: What the Garfield telephones and mysterious metal spheres washing up on beaches reveal about our oceans | Boing Boing
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Low Earth Orbit is going to have similar but deeper mysteries because the objects will pass (or strike) at relative velocities of kilometers per second.
[ETA: I once heard 10,000 containers were lost at sea per year-- these links indicate it’s more like 2000 on average, but still, that’s a lot. I used to think it was rare, but maybe it’s just rare near land, most are lost in the open ocean, and a certain percentage just sink to the bottom.]
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Tells me the oceans want to give our tacky shit back. I am unsure why they aren’t keeping the LEGO tho, that stuff is fun!
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You kidding? An octopus stepping on one would probably toss them right out of the ocean. They can’t possibly like them with 8 feet.
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