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Keywords
Beaches
Birds
British Petroleum (BP)
Coastal features
Day
Disasters
Egrets
KWCI (GPI)
Marine pollution
Oceans (campaign title)
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil spills
Oiled beaches
Outdoors
Sand
Swimming
Toxics (campaign title)
Two people
Egret on Shore in Alabama
A large bird stands on the shore line with sun bathers in the background in Orange Beach, Alabama. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico has started reaching the beaches in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. The BP leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded April 20 and sank after burning, leaking record amounts of crude oil from the broken pipeline into the sea.
Unique identifier:
GP0235R
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
10/06/2010
Locations:
Alabama
,
Gulf of Mexico
,
North America
,
United States of America
Credit line:
© Jose Luis Magana / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster
Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform disaster. The BP (British Petroleum) leased oil platform exploded on April 20 and sank after burning, leaking an estimate of more than 210,000 gallons of crude oil per day from the broken pipeline to the sea. Eleven workers died during the disaster.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster (Photo & Videos)
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