New aerial images deepen concerns about Gulf seafood safety Facing South "Although crude oil has the potential to taint seafood with flavors and odors caused by exposure to hydrocarbon chemicals, the public should not be concerned about the safety of seafood in stores at this time," the FDA states on its BP oil spill update…
Gulf of Mexico oil spill images collected, discussed by Times-Picayune photo staff NOLA.com "The light hit the water in such a way that you could see the oil on the surface just going like a river away from the disaster. …
These are the images that you might not be seeing. You need to. Music by Five Finger Death Punch: Death Before Dishonor By The Associated Press (AP) — Events May 5, Day 16 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well at about 210000 gallons per day. The slick threatens the US coastline. ONE LEAK CAPPED The Coast Guard says BP PLC has managed to cap one of three leaks at a deepwater oil well. That’s not expected to reduce the overall flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but does make it possible to drop a single containment box on the breach, rather than needing two or three. SPILL NEARS LAND AND LOOP CURRENT Two satellite images taken Wednesday morning indicate that oil has reached the Mississippi Delta and the Chandeleur Islands off the coast of Louisiana, an imaging expert says. It’s not clear from the radar images whether the oil has reached the shore, but “it’s certainly very close,” said Hans Graber, director of the University of Miami’s satellite sensing facility. He said the images also show oil drifting to the south, toward the Loop Current, which could carry oil toward Florida and the Florida Keys. Boats remained at the Chandeleur Island chain because officials got a report of oil coming …
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard says a burning offshore drilling platform is tilting badly after a fiery explosion in the Gulf of Mexico as a frantic search continues for at least 11 people missing. The Coast Guard says most of the 126 workers on the rig Deepwater Horizon escaped safely after the explosion off the Louisiana coast about 10 pm Tuesday. But at least 11 are unaccounted for and several hospitals say they are treating workers for injuries. At least two are still hospitalized. Helicopters, an airplane and boats searched for any sign of the missing workers. Meanwhile, the rig was listing at about 70 degrees and threatening to topple over.
This is a short video of satellite images from NASA which was released May 27, 2010 of the BP oil spill, which began on April 20,2010 with the explosion of the Deep Water Horizon offshore drilling rig. All rights belong to NASA with this video falling under their open license with proper credits given. No alteration has been made to the NASA video and no money will be made from it. These stunning images show the enormity of the oil spill which is the largest in US history. This is our crude awakening. Support clean energy alternatives. Click on this link to sign the petition to stop offshore drilling. Let this be our crude awakening. Support clean energy! We need to have a Green Revolution! Sign the petition to say NO MORE OFFSHORE DRILLING! secure.avaaz.org svs.gsfc.nasa.gov Video Rating: 5 / 5
Gulf oil spill images
The LMRP containment cap is lowered to the area of the cut riser pipe at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico in this video image taken from a BP live video feed June 3, 2010. BP’s underwater robots successfully sheared off a pipe at the seabed site of a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico early on Thursday, and will now attempt to install the cap to funnel oil to … Read more on Toronto Sun
In this article from the Wonk Room pay particular attention to comment number 11 which gives some chilling views on what this disaster could mean for our planet. Loop Current Is Now Drawing The BP Oil Disaster To Florida Keys wonkroom.thinkprogress.org Shocking NASA Image: Never-Seen-Before Southeast Oil Slick Arm www.huffingtonpost.com Chicago Climate Exchange www.chicagoclimatex.com thetruthergirls www.youtube.com desire4liberation has been doing a great job with updates on the spill www.youtube.com BarbarianRebellion www.youtube.com Obama Administration Executive Order May Restrict Public Fishing www.cosmicconservative.com morningmayan www.youtube.com curiouschem www.youtube.com
In Photos: Haunting images of the gulf oil disaster
It’s been more than a month since an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 people and blew out an undersea well that continues to gush oil into the Gulf of Mexico. In the following weeks, there have been attempts to contain and control the scope of the environmental damage. Read more on The Newsroom via Yahoo! News
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