the lack of pictures available of this is making me somewhat skeptical, although I really dont doubt it exists but I wonder if the actual size is true. I could also understand a certain level of cover up as being possible but still, where are the pictures? EDIT: Okay, i now beleive that when the gyre is refered to as twice the size of texas they really mean that a section of ocean that size is polluted, not that there is somekind of massive island of garbage twice the size of texas floating around out there (which is what it came across as to me). still disturbing, heres a vid: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3892310789953943147