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Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

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

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

NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published July 7, 2010
Data acquired July 4, 2010