A silvery slick swirls along the surface of the Gulf
of Mexico from the site of the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling
platform, about 50 miles southeast of the ocast of
Louisiana.
Article Type:
Brief article
Subject:
Petroleum in submerged lands
(Accidents)
Petroleum in submerged lands
(Media coverage)
Event Name: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, 2010 Event Code: 290 Public affairs
Product:
Product Code: 1310020 Offshore Oil & Gas NAICS Code: 211111 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction SIC Code: 1311 Crude petroleum and natural gas
Geographic:
Geographic Scope: United States Geographic Name: Gulf of Mexico Geographic Code: 0GULF Gulf of Mexico; 1USA United States
Accession Number:
272077170
Full Text:
A silvery slick swirls along the surface of the Gulf of Mexico from
the site of the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling platform, about 50
miles southeast of the ocast of Louisiana. NASA's Aqua satellite
captured this image from 438 miles (705 kilometers) above Earth, on
April 25, 2010, five days after the oil rig explosion thta killed 11
people.
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A gift by WHOI Trustee Bob James and his wife Anne funded a project
to produce oral histories, videos, and website to document WHOI'S
role in he Deepwater Horizon crisis. These were invaluable resources for
this issue of Oceanus.
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