Oil Spill on Huntington Beach, California

In an aerial view, heavy equipment is used to build sand berms to try to prevent oil from entering the Santa Ana River on October 5, 2021 near Huntington Beach, California. Authorities are investigating if a ship's anchor may have struck an off-shore pipeline in Southern California, sending at least an estimated 126,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean and leaving officials struggling to prevent an "ecological disaster".

Unique identifier: GP1SW40Y

Type: Image

Shoot date: 05/10/2021

Locations: California, Huntington Beach, California, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © David McNew / Greenpeace

Size: 5000px × 3331px 14MB

Latitude: 33°37'43.44"N

Longitude: 117°57'32.46"W

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Oil Spill on Huntington Beach, California

Workers deploy booms while trying to contain and clean up oil in Talbert Marsh, which has been impacted by a major oil spill, on October 5, 2021 near Huntington Beach, California. Authorities are investigating if a ship’s anchor may have struck an off-shore pipeline in Southern California, sending at least an estimated 126,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean and leaving officials struggling to prevent an “ecological disaster.”

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