Epic Oil Disaster
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It's the largest oil spill in U.S. history, and on Friday, more than a month after the oil rig exploded, a BP executive admitted it this is an environmental catastrophe for the Gulf Coast.
This week the story became visually very different: A live video became widely available on the Internet showing plumes of oil gushing into the water, and viewers could see just how much oil was still spilling out.
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There are also images people working furiously in the Gulf to stop the spread of oil slicks, and crews mopping up oil in environmentally sensitive wetlands.
And there are the inevitable photos of marine life and birds washing ashore with gobs of oil as the silent killer. Scientists are terrified to start counting the impact on pelicans, dolphins, sea turtles and other creatures.
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A worker shovels oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., Monday, May 24, 2010.
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
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An oil-soaked pelican is seen on an island in Barataria Bay just inside the the coast of Louisiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010. The island, which is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills, is impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Baby, immature and adult oil stained pelicans rest on an island in Barataria Bay just inside the the coast of Louisiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010. The island, which is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills, is impacted by oil, seen at waterline, from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
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This image made from video released by British Petroleum BP PLC early Friday morning, May 28, 2010 shows drilling mud escaping from the broken pipe on the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP started pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well Wednesday and said everything was going as planned in the company's boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that has spewed millions of gallons of oil over the last five weeks.
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A bulldozer works near an oil spill in Grand Isle, La., Thursday, May 27, 2010.
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In this May 26, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, crews conduct controlled burns near the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident site. The burns are part of an effort to reduce the amount of oil in the water and are part of the joint federal, state and BP effort to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon.
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Sand is pumped from 20,000 feet offshore to build barriers meant to keep oil from entering wetlands near Grand Isle, La., Thursday, May 27, 2010.
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Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the Depwater Horizon oil spill response, arrives by helicopter to tour clean-up efforts on Fourchon Beach in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Port Fourchon, La., Thursday, May 27, 2010.
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Workers clean up tar balls as Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response, not pictured, tours clean-up efforts on Fourchon Beach in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Port Fourchon, La., Thursday, May 27, 2010.
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A sign marks the closed beach due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Elmer's Island in in Grand Isle, La. Tuesday, May 25, 2010.
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This Wednesday evening, May 26, 2010 image made from video released by British Petroleum BP PLC shows equipment being used to try and plug a gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP started pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well Wednesday and said everything was going as planned in the company's boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that has spewed millions of gallons of oil over the last five weeks.
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A videographer tapes oil floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, May 26, 2010.
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An image from a live video feed the oil plume is seen on the BP.com website early Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The oil company planned a "top kill" designed to choke off the gusher of oil at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement early Wednesday May 26, 2010.
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Pelicans rest on an island impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay just inside the coast of Louisiana, Tuesday, May 25, 2010.
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Oil is seen inside a marsh impacted from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Pass a Loutre, Monday, May 24, 2010.
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Workers shovel oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., Monday, May 24, 2010.
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
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A Louisiana Fish and Wildlife officer unsuccessfully pursues an oil soaked pelican in Barataria Bay, just inside the the coast of Louisiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010 .The island, which is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills, is impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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In this May 22. 2010 photo, nesting pelicans are seen landing as oil washes ashore on an island that is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills in Barataria Bay, just inside the the coast of Louisiana. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is now impacting large stretches of the Louisiana Coast.
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal looks at encroaching oil as he tours a land bridge built by the Louisiana National Guard to hold back oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Grand Isle, La., Friday, May 21, 2010.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer Raul Sanchez bags and tags as evidence a dead oil-covered pelican that was found at the Breton national Wildlife Refuge on North Breton Island, La., Thursday, May 20, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been impacting the Louisiana Coast.
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An oil-covered crab is seen on an oil-impacted beach at the mouth of the Mississippi River near Venice, La. Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Oil from last month's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has started drifting ashore along the Louisiana coast.
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Boat captain Preston Morris shows the oil on his hands while collecting surface samples from the oil impacted marsh of Pass a Loutre, La., Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is infiltrating the coast of Louisiana.
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A sign chastising BP is seen along a highway south of Belle Chasse, La. Thursday, May 20, 2010. One month after the BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, oil continues to leak into the Gulf of Mexico and has begun washing onto Louisiana coastline.
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