 DigitalGlobe |
An airplane, visible at top left, flies above the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion at the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. This image was taken from space on April 26 by DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellte. Click on the image for a wider, high-resolution view of the scene. |
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being tracked from outer space, where the sea’s ugly slick takes on a strange kind of beauty.
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