this brilliant national geographic cover is being rated one of its best

national geographic’s june 2018 cover is capturing attention for being one of it’s best. the ‘planet or plastic’ initiative draws attention to the plastic pollution problem, illustrating what looks like an iceberg formed out of a plastic bag floating in the ocean.

Our latest @NatGeo cover is one for the ages#PlanetorPlastic pic.twitter.com/NssiHOtaYc

— Vaughn Wallace (@vaughnwallace) May 16, 2018

the cover has been created by mexican artist jorge gamboa, suggesting that plastic pollution is just the tip of the iceberg. a partnering fact reads: ‘18 billion pounds of plastic ends up in the ocean each year. and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

wow. In early ‘90s Kathmandu, my biggest annual splurge was buying @NatGeo from 1960s – 1980s with my dashain tika money. They were my first intro to visual story telling and environment journalism. The Dec. 1988 hologram cover felt pretty ultimate.

This 06. 2018 is powerful! 

— Kashish Das Shrestha (@kashishds) May 17, 2018

the artwork was submitted to bolivia’s biennial of poster in 2017, titled iceberg plástico, winning first place in the political and social posters category. now it’s being dubbed a cover image ‘for the ages’.

This @natgeo is everything. Artist Jorge Gamboa’s cover image is one for the ages. #plasticparadise @plasticpdise https://t.co/35YpYW0dKP

— Angela Sun (@sunnyangela) May 17, 2018