NASA’s Aqua satellite has caught imagery of the sun glinting off the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.
As it swept over the Gulf of Mexico the Aqua, using the onboard Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument, the satellite took the above image showing three big bright sunglints.
According to the May 18 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) web update of the Deepwater Horizon incident, “satellite imagery on May 17 indicated that the main bulk of the oil is dozens of miles away from the Loop Current, but that a tendril of light oil has been transported down close to the Loop Current.” (more…)