A large, silvery patch of oil is visible in this image of the Gulf of Mexico from May 11, 2010.
Water Human Presence
Acquired in the months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, this natural-color image shows possible oil patches near the Mississippi Delta.
Image of the Day Water Human Presence
Acquired June 25, 2010, this natural-color image shows the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
On May 23, 2010, a large patch of oil covered the waters near the site of an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
Between scattered clouds, a streak of oil was visible in the Gulf of Mexico on July 20, 2010.
Acquired June 10, 2010, this natural-color image shows the Gulf of Mexico oil slick off the Mississippi Delta.
Acquired May 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico extending a long arm toward the southeast.
The oil slick from a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico appeared as a silvery U-shape in natural-color imagery from May 9, 2010.
Acquired July 4, 2010, this natural-color image shows the Deepwater Horizon oil slick lingering off the Mississippi Delta.
Acquired June 10,2010, this false-color image shows parts of the oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon rig nearing the Mississippi Delta.
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