Ran across a great new art series by Chris Jordan entitled, "Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait."

He has taken images of waste from the multitude of statistics we often hear about what Americans use/consume/do away with on a daily basis. The images on his site are amazing enough - but they only represent a small version of the individual pieces.

For example, this image is part of "Plastic Bottles, 2007" which depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes. The actual artwork size? 60 feet by 120 feet! That would cover nearly half of a football field! Amazing.

You can check out the images on Chris Jordan's site.