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Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

Acquired in the months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, this natural-color image shows possible oil patches near the Mississippi Delta.


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

Published July 30, 2010
Data acquired July 28, 2010

Source:
Aqua > MODIS