Most of these balloons are those falsely marketed by the balloon industry as “biodegradable latex.” All photos were taken by Balloons Blow on Hutchinson Island, Florida, USA – unless otherwise noted. All photos with citations may be used for education purposes.
Balloons Blow Gallery 23
Great Blue Heron
Killed by balloon string.
Photo: Animal Wonders. Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Photo: Animal Wonders. Lee’s Summit, Missouri
We Prefer Real Frogs
A mylar balloon, trapped in Nevada’s high country.
Mylar Balloon Pollution
Photo: J. Weber, Bradly Beach, New Jersey
Castle Pines, Colorado
Found in Castle Pines, Colorado, in an open space.
Photo: M. Sanneh
Photo: M. Sanneh
Another balloon caught in bayberry
Metinic Island, Maine Coastal Island National Wildlife Refuge
Congrats?
Photo: R. Matriscino
Mylar Balloon
Photo: J. Weber, Bradley Beach, New Jersey
Singing Mylar Balloon
Photo: R. Halasz, Ocean Ridge, Florida
Mylar Balloon
Photo: P. Wearne
Mylar balloon washed in with the seaweed
Metinic Island, Maine Coastal Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Balloon Pollution
Photo: R. Halasz, Ocean Ridge, Florida
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan
Photo: D. Gurniewicz, Lake Michigan, Indiana
Feel better?
Eat Vegan on $4 a Day, Manatee Beach, Florida
Mylar Balloon
Photo: R. Halasz, Ocean Ridge, Florida
Happy Birthday?
Photo: S. Lott, Jersey Shore, New Jersey
"Biodegradable" Latex balloon
Photo: R. Halasz, Ocean Ridge, Florida
Mylar Balloon
Photo: Ocean Hour, Vero Beach, Florida
Mylar Balloon
Photo: S. Lott, Jersey Shore, New Jersey
Balloon Pollution
Photo: Ocean Hour, Vero Beach, Florida
Mylar Pollution
Photo: Ocean Hour, Vero Beach, Florida
Inchydoney Beach, Ireland
Photo: C. D’Agata
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Photo: E. Simpson
Quartzsite, Arizona
Photo: S. Childs
Photo: S. Bogle
"As a wildlife biologist and filmmaker, I have found countless balloons all over many landscapes and within the dead carcasses of animals. Many of the locations being extremely remote. Obviously balloons do not discriminate. As naive children, we enjoy balloons, at the same time we are told littering is wrong. Along the way this activity becomes a contradiction to our duty to act as stewards to care for our habitat. Balloons cause damage and the ignorance that they harbor is unsettling. I still cannot understand why littering is a crime (an obvious one) and littering the sky with balloons is not. Balloons’ ability to defy gravity is not an reason, the releaser is at fault. Its that “out of sight, out of mind” attitude merged with short lived pleasures. Banning balloons (like the plastic bag movement) all together is the only concrete approach to deflating this issue." Found in Shepards Flat, Oregon.
"As a wildlife biologist and filmmaker, I have found countless balloons all over many landscapes and within the dead carcasses of animals. Many of the locations being extremely remote. Obviously balloons do not discriminate. As naive children, we enjoy balloons, at the same time we are told littering is wrong. Along the way this activity becomes a contradiction to our duty to act as stewards to care for our habitat. Balloons cause damage and the ignorance that they harbor is unsettling. I still cannot understand why littering is a crime (an obvious one) and littering the sky with balloons is not. Balloons’ ability to defy gravity is not an reason, the releaser is at fault. Its that “out of sight, out of mind” attitude merged with short lived pleasures. Banning balloons (like the plastic bag movement) all together is the only concrete approach to deflating this issue." Found in Shepards Flat, Oregon.
