Russian dump transforms old vodka bottles into ‘pebbles’

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The beach where nature has transformed a Russian dumping ground for old vodka bottles into a place of beauty because waves have smoothed broken glass into ‘pebbles’ This is Russia's kaleidoscope beach where nature has corrected man's ugly pollution and turned it into a place of beauty. Once a Soviet-era dump for truckloads of old glass bottles and porcelain, the relentless waves on the country's Pacific coast have rounded and polished the debris. On a sunny day, this Ussuri Bay beach close to the eastern naval port of Vladivostok seems to be covered in lighted candles beneath.