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Oil Streaks in Gulf of Mexico

  06/05/2010
This half-metre resolution satellite image features a portion of the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. Streaks of oil blown by wind and currents can easily be seen against the darker coloured water.

 

Oils Streaks in Gulf of Mexico

 

The image was taken by the GeoEye-1 satellite from 423 miles in space on 29th April 2010 as it moved from north to south over the United States at a speed of four miles per second.

 





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