The mirror-like reflection of the Sun off the surface of the Timor Sea highlights the location of an oil slick in this natural-color image from October 28, 2009.
In this photo-like satellite image from June 12, 2010, oil from the leaking Deepwater Horizon well appears to have reached beaches and barrier islands in Alabama and western Florida.
What was probably a sheen of oil calmed the waters of the Timor Sea and darkened the mirror-like reflection of the sun when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image on September 17, 2009.