Smoke Plume from Burning Oil Rig in Gulf of Mexico - related image preview

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Smoke Plume from Burning Oil Rig in Gulf of Mexico

On April 21, 2010, brownish smoke fanned out to the southeast of a burning oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.


NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published April 22, 2010
Data acquired April 21, 2010

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