Reddish Egret flies over the Gulf of Mexico covered in Oil

An oiled reddish egret near the water in Grand Isle. Oil from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead began washing up on the resort beaches of Louisiana exactly one month after the drilling unit exploded.

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This image released by the United States Coast Guard through the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response Unified Command. Okay for Greenpeace use. Mandatory credit: United States Coast Guard/Patrick Kelley - No SALES

Unique identifier: GP029JY

Type: Image

Shoot date: 20/05/2010

Locations: Louisiana, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © United States Coast Guard / Patrick Kelley

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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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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