Oil Slick near the Mouth of the Mississippi

Concentrated patches and streaks of oil appear silvery gray in this high-resolution image of the Gulf of Mexico near the tip of the Mississippi River Delta on May 8, 2010.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Oil Slick near the Mouth of the Mississippi.

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published May 10, 2010
Data acquired May 8, 2010

Source:: Terra > ASTER