Tom Jones kneels on his 14ft paddle board moments after arriving at the US Mexico border at Border Field State Park, the south-western most corner of the contiguous United States, Friday, November 9, 2007. Jones became the first person to paddle the entire 1250-mile coast of the California on a paddleboard when his three and a half month long journey ended at the border fence in southern San Diego. The expedition, called "California Paddle 2007" was designed to draw attention to...
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Tom Jones kneels on his 14ft paddle board moments after arriving at the US Mexico border at Border Field State Park, the south-western most corner of the contiguous United States, Friday, November 9, 2007. Jones became the first person to paddle the entire 1250-mile coast of the California on a paddleboard when his three and a half month long journey ended at the border fence in southern San Diego. The expedition, called "California Paddle 2007" was designed to draw attention to the problem of plastic pollution in the world?s oceans and its detrimental effect on marine life. Islas Los Coronados, part of the Mexican state of Baja are visible to the south in the background. (Photo Ronan Gray)
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