Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Underwater-Life-in-Dry-Tortugas-27MZIFIKRGEW.htmlConceptually similarUnderwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PZCompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PECompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PYCompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025NCCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PFCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025N9Completed★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025NDCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025PUCompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Dry TortugasGP025N7Completed★★★★View AllGP025PSUnderwater Life in Dry TortugasA view of hard corals feeding at night at Texas Rock in the 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:17 Aug, 2010Credit:© Todd Warshaw / GreenpeaceLatitude:24°40'47"NMaximum size:2549px X 1699pxLongitude82°53'6"WKeywords:Beauty-British Petroleum (BP)-Climate (campaign title)-Close ups-Corals-Full frame-KWCI (GPI)-National parks-Nature-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)
