Gulf Oil Spill Creeps Towards Mississippi Delta

The northwestern tip of the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico almost touches the Mississippi Delta in this image from April 29, 2010.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Gulf Oil Spill Creeps Towards Mississippi Delta .

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the University of Wisconsin’s Space Science and Engineering Center MODIS Direct Broadcast system. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published April 30, 2010
Data acquired April 29, 2010

Source:: Terra > MODIS