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Gulf of Mexico oil spill
author: Esa/Novapix
reference: t-nalou-00005
Image Size 300 DPI: 14 * 10 cm
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. In this image acquired by ESA’s Envisat on 29 April 2010 at 16:23 UTC, oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico can be seen as a dark blue swirl advancing toward the Louisiana coast.
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