Envisat Optical Image of the Oil Spill (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

Envisat Optical Image of the Oil Spill

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This is an Envisat optical image of the oil spill (visible as a white whirl on the right) in the Gulf of Mexico. The image was acquired from the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) on April 25, 2010, at 16:28 UTC.

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