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by Ocean Imaging Inc.

A plume of sewage- and sediment-laden runoff from Tijuana empties into the Pacific Ocean via the Tijuana River. The Tijuana River Estuary, on the U.S. side of the border, is shown lower left; Tijuana is upper left.

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