Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Underwater-Life-in-Dry-Tortugas-27MZIFIKCYUI.htmlConceptually similarUnderwater Life in American ShoalGP025JYCompleted★★★★Scientist Charles Messing in the Dry TortugasGP025N6Completed★★★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025N7Completed★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025NECompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025POCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PRCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PSCompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PTCompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PMCompleted★★★★View AllGP025NJUnderwater Life in Dry TortugasA female rosy blenny (Malacoctenus macropus) on Texas Rock in Dry Tortugas National Park. This image is part of documentation collected during the Greenpeace expedition to the Gulf of Mexico. Several teams of independent scientists join Greenpeace to conduct a series of scientific research programs. This work will further understanding of the impacts of both oil and chemical dispersants on the Gulf ecosystem in the aftermath of the BP Deepwater oil spill.Locations:Dry Tortugas National Park-Florida-Gulf of Mexico-North America-United States of AmericaDate:16 Aug, 2010Credit:© Todd Warshaw / GreenpeaceLatitude:24°40'47"NMaximum size:2359px X 1572pxLongitude82°53'6"WKeywords:British Petroleum (BP)-Climate (campaign title)-Fish-KWCI (GPI)-National parks-Oceans (campaign title)-Oceans (topography)-Outdoors-Reefs-Toxics (campaign title)-Underwater shotsShoot:MY Arctic Sunrise Gulf Oil ExpeditionA Greenpeace crew with several teams of independent scientists are on-board the Arctic Sunrise in the Gulf of Mexico for three months, to conduct a series of scientific research programs that will further understanding of the impacts of both oil and chemical dispersants on the Gulf ecosystem. A BP leased drilling platform exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and causing a leak of millions of barrels of oil from a wellhead one mile deep 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Finally capped in August, the leak was treated with a million gallons of Corexit, a toxic dispersant.Related Collections:MY Arctic Sunrise Gulf Oil Expedition (Photo & Videos)
