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Gulf of Mexico oil spill

by

USGS/Novapix

Reference

t-nalou-00007

Date

2011-08-28

On April 20, 2010, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon suffered an explosion and sank two days later. Shortly thereafter, oil began leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from ruptured pipes deep on the ocean floor. Landsat-7 image of the oil spill (on the right) in the Gulf of Mexico. The image was acquired on 1st May 2010.