SeaWiFS: Oil Rig Fires in Bay of Campeche

Several sediment plumes are visible issuing from the Mexican coast and sunglint brightens much of the signal from the Gulf, but a few long plumes of aerosol streaming toward the northwest from apparent point sources well offshore seem like good oil rig candidates in this SeaWiFS image.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published November 21, 2000
Data acquired June 22, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash

Atmosphere > Air Quality > Emissions

Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Industrial Emissions