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Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

Acquired June 10, 2010, this natural-color image shows the Gulf of Mexico oil slick off the Mississippi Delta.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published June 11, 2010
Data acquired June 10, 2010

Source:: Aqua > MODIS