Oil Spill Ocean Burning in Mexico

A controlled burn of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon/ oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico.

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Image released into the public domain, No Sales, Credit: U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer First Class John Masson.

Unique identifier: GP029K9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 09/06/2010

Locations: Gulf of Mexico, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © United States Coast Guard

Size: 3872px × 2592px 3MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster

Scenes from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP leased, Transocean mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an explosion April 20 and sank in 5,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers died. Oil gushed from the deepwater wellhead into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 100 days until a relief well was drilled and the leaking well clogged with mud.

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