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Gulf of Mexico oil spill

auteur: USGS/Novapix

référence: t-nalou-00007

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 20 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. Landsat-7 image of the oil spill (on the right) in the Gulf of Mexico. The image was acquired on 1st May 2010.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - DELTA - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - GULF OF MEXICO - LANDSAT - LANDSAT-7 - LOUISIANA - MISSISSIPPI - NORTH AMERICA - OIL - POLLUTION - RIVER - SATELLITE IMAGE - USA - WATER -