Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Underwater-Life-in-Looe-Key-27MZIFIKPCJ9.htmlConceptually similarUnderwater Life in Looe KeyGP025LICompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Looe KeyGP025KZCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Looe KeyGP025LDCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Looe KeyGP025JRCompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Looe KeyGP025JTCompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Looe KeyGP025JUCompleted★★★★★★Underwater Life in Looe KeyGP025JPCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Looe KeyGP025LCCompleted★★★★Underwater Life in Looe KeyGP025KWCompleted★★★★View AllGP025L9Underwater Life in Looe KeyA view of soft corals, grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) and spotfin butterfly fish (Chaetodon ocellatus) near Looe Key. 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:Florida-Florida Keys-Gulf of Mexico-Looe Key-North America-United States of AmericaDate:15 Aug, 2010Credit:© Todd Warshaw / GreenpeaceLatitude:24°33'24"NMaximum size:2240px X 1493pxLongitude81°21'36"WKeywords:British Petroleum (BP)-Climate (campaign title)-Corals-Fish-KWCI (GPI)-Oceans (campaign title)-Oceans (topography)-Outdoors-Reefs-Seabeds-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)
