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Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

Acquired May 4, 2010, this natural-color image shows the oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon accident lingering off the Mississippi Delta.


NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. The MODIS Rapid Response team provides daily images of this area. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published May 4, 2010
Data acquired May 4, 2010

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Aqua > MODIS