All of our pirate ships are flying, because our worlds consist of enormous floating islands that hang in mid-space.

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Tiny floating islands sit engulfed by lush green prairies.

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With the production time set to drop from 24 months to under a year as the company expands, the floating "Orsos Islands" might very soon become a not-too-permanent fixture on the horizon.

CNN: The $6 million man-made floating island

Trees and grass are being planted along both banks, and a floating garden made up of five islands will be added to the river.

BBC: The Seine gets a controversial makeover

The Zenit-3SL rocket, which was being operated from a floating pad south of the Hawaiian islands, failed 40 seconds after the lift-off at 06:56 GMT.

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Environment California estimate that plastic bags kill up to one million sea creatures every year, and the British Antarctic Survey have found them floating far north of the Arctic Circle, and as far south as the Falkland Islands.

CNN: Fighting the tide of plastic bags in a world awash with waste