Oil slick spill in Gulf of Mexico reaches beaches, archive images

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May 20, 2010, Gulfport, MS, USA: Oil and dispersant on the water s surface in the Gulf of Mexico on May 20, 2010, a month after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began. Gulfport USA - ZUMAm67_ 20100520_zaf_m67_006 Copyright: xJamesxEdwardxBatesx
May 6, 2010 - Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, U.S. - Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the in situ burn to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20, 2010 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. - ZUMAz03_
May 8, 2010 - Grand Isle, LA, United States of America - A thick mass of crude oil washes ashore with the tides from the blowout of the BP Oil Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico May 8, 2010 in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Grand Isle United States of America - ZUMAp138
(100718) -- GRAND ISLE, July 18, 2010 (Xinhua) -- White crosses are set by local residents to protest against the pollution and great loss caused by oil leaking in Grand Isle, Louisiana State, the United States, July 17, 2010. British oil giant BP said on Thursday that oil has stopped leaking from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the new cap the company placed over the leak. (Xinhua Qi Heng) (gj) (15)US-GRAND ISLE-OIL-POLLUTION
(100718) -- GRAND ISLE, July 18, 2010 (Xinhua) -- Staff members clean the shore polluted by oil in Grand Isle, Louisiana State, the United States, July 17, 2010. British oil giant BP said on Thursday that oil has stopped leaking from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the new cap the company placed over the leak. (Xinhua Qi Heng) (gj) (2)US-GRAND ISLE-OIL-POLLUTION
The Q4000 burns off oil and gas in a huge flare at the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout site in the Gulf of Mexico July 10, 2010. BP is changing the device capturing oil from the leaking well and plans to have a new, more efficient device in place in seven days, though in the meantime oil is gushing unchecked from the well. NOP2010071013
Oil creates a pattern in the water of the Gulf of Mexico, July 3, 2010 near the BP Deepwater Horizon accident site. BP continues its attempts to stem the flow of oil from its rig, which exploded and sank in the Gulf in April. NOP2010070302
Oily tar balls that have washed up from high seas associated with Hurricane Alex leave patterns on the beach at Grand Isle, Louisiana June 30, 2010. Oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico since April when a massive explosion on the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon, creating the worse spill in U.S. history. NOP2010063004
Oil shines on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico as workboats gather near a rig drilling a relief well, front, and a controlled burn, back right and left, at the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill site June 19, 2010. BP continued its attempts to stem the flow of oil from its rig, which exploded and sank in the Gulf in April. NOP2010061904
Carl Pellegrin (left) of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Tim Kimmel of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepare to net an oiled pelican in Barataria Bay, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010. The pelican was successfully netted and transported to a facility on Grand Isle, Louisiana., for stabilization before being taken to Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Venice, La., for cleaning. State and federal wildlife agencies are cooperating across the Gulf Coast to rescue wildlife affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. WAX20100707301
Soaked in oil, browns await cleaning at a rescue center set up by the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana, June 7, 2010. The birds, covered in crude from from the Deepwater Horizon accident, were cleaned and will be released. Oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico for over a month since a massive explosion on the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon. NOP2010060710
Bart Siegel bathes a brown pelican at a rescue facility set up by the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Buras, Louisiana, June 7, 2010. Scrubbed clean of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, the birds will be released. Oil has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for over a month, since a massive explosion on the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon. NOP2010060712
(100606) -- GULF SHORES, June 6, 2010 (Xinhua) -- A worker cleans the oil washed ashore from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill at the beach of Gulf Shores, southern Alabama, the United States, June 6, 2010. More than half of the oil leaking each day in the Gulf of Mexico is now being captured and the British Petroleum (BP) will restore the gulf to its original state, BP s chief executive Tony Hayward said Sunday. (Xinhua Zhang Jun) (zw) (8)U.S.-GULF OF MEXICO-OIL SPILL
Covered in oil Kerry Champagne paddles through crude oil floating near Queen Bess Island, off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana, June 3, 2010. Oil has been leaking into the gulf for over a month, since a massive explosion on the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon. NOP2010060303
Heavy crude oil floats in the Gulf of Mexico June 2, 2010, near the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion last month. With every attempt to stop the massive deepwater BP oil leak unsuccessful, BP continued its efforts to intercept crude before it washed ashore. NOP2010060214
A frame grab of the live video stream of operations to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is seen on June 2, 2010. Yesterday s attempt to cut a pipeline in preparation for capping it failed when the diamond-edged saw stuck. Officials said it may take months to fully seal the leak, which has already devastated the Gulf Coast. WAX20100602702
A volunteer scoops up crude oil from the surface of the water in Pass a Loutre near Venice, Louisiana, May 30, 2010. Oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from the sunken BP Deepwater Horizon rig, which was destroyed in a fatal explosion more than a month ago. NOP2010053003
Work boats pull booms to skim oil at the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico May 29, 2010. BP admitted that its top kill operation had failed to plug the well, and the company is proceeding with other efforts to stop the leak. NOP2010052911
Work boats surround one of the rigs that is drilling a relief well at the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico May 29, 2010. BP admitted that its top kill operation had failed to plug the well, and the company is proceeding with other efforts to stop the leak. NOP2010052902
A frame grab of the live video stream of operations to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is seen on May 27, 2010. BP has executed its Top Kill process, which places heavy kill mud into the oil well in order to reduce pressure and the flow of oil from the well. Once the well is shut down cement will be used to plug the leak. WAX20100527709
Pelicans stand along the water at Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, May 26, 2010. Protective booms have been placed around the island, where the Louisiana state bird nests, but some oil has washed up in places. NOP2010052610
Controlled burns, surface skimming and flaring continue as part of the cleanup operation of BP s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 23, 2010. WAX20100525704
Photo taken on May 24, 2010 shows a post which says beach closed at the entrance of the Grand Isle National Park, Louisiana, US. The beach of the park was forced to close as a reslut of the oil pollution at the Mexico Gulf. (Xinhua Zhang Jun) (yc) (7)US-OIL-POLLUTION-GRAND ISLE
A worker cleans up the oil contaminated beach in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the United States, on May 24, 2010. (Xinhua Zhang Jun) (zw) (1)U.S.-PORT FOURCHON-OIL SPILL-CLEANUP
A boom is seen in use around the port of Bayou La Batre, Alabama on May 21, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. WAX20100522720
A pool of oil collects in a cove on Elmer s Island, Louisiana, May 21, 2010. Crude oil from the sunken Deepwater Horizon oil rig washed over the yellow boom intended to protect the beach from the massive spill. NOP2010052110
Soaked in oil, a seabird lies dead in the surf on Elmer s Island, Louisiana, May 21, 2010. Oil began washing up on the beaches and marshes of Southern Louisiana after the explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig a month ago. NOP2010052108
Rontrell Robertson of Houma, Louisiana, holds a rake dripping with thick crude oil scraped from the beach of Grand Isle, Louisiana, May 22, 2010. Oil has begun to wash up on South Louisiana beaches from the sunken BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which is gushing hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico every day. NOP2010052102
Soaked in oil, a seabird lies dead in the surf on Elmer s Island, Louisiana, May 21, 2010. Oil began washing up on the beaches and marshes of Southern Louisiana after the explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig a month ago. NOP2010052107
Crews conduct overflights of controlled burns taking place in the Gulf of Mexico on May 19, 2010. During controlled burns, oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident is burned in an effort to reduce the amount of oil in the water. WAX20100520702
NASA s Terra satellite captured a visible satellite image of the Gulf oil spill on May 17, 2010 from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Instrument on-board. The oil slick appears as a dull gray on the water s surface and stretches south from the Mississippi Delta with what looks like a tail. From top left to top right are the states Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Scientists are worried that the huge plumes of oil could get into a current that would take the oil around Florida. WAX20100518101
An aerial view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Mobile, Alabama, was taken from a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft on May 6, 2010. WAX2010051012
Crews work on May 8, 2010, collect oil near and around the location where the Deepwater Horizon oil platform caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. At least 193 vessels are assisting in the oil spill recovery after the platform sank April 20, 2010. UP ICasey J. Ranel USCG WAX2010051009
Debris and oil from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform float in the Gulf of Mexico after the rig sank on April 22, 2010. The mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an explosion April 20, and sank two days later. Eleven missing workers are feared dead. The Coast Guard said on April 23, 2010 that no oil appeared to be leaking from the well head on the ocean floor, some 5000 feet below. WAX20100423103

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May 20, 2010, Gulfport, MS, USA: Oil and dispersant on the water s surface in the Gulf of Mexico on May 20, 2010, a month after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began. Gulfport USA - ZUMAm67_ 20100520_zaf_m67_006 Copyright: xJamesxEdwardxBatesx

May 8, 2010 - Grand Isle, LA, United States of America - A thick mass of crude oil washes ashore with the tides from the blowout of the BP Oil Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico May 8, 2010 in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Grand Isle United States of America - ZUMAp138

Oil creates a pattern in the water of the Gulf of Mexico, July 3, 2010 near the BP Deepwater Horizon accident site. BP continues its attempts to stem the flow of oil from its rig, which exploded and sank in the Gulf in April. NOP2010070302

Covered in oil Kerry Champagne paddles through crude oil floating near Queen Bess Island, off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana, June 3, 2010. Oil has been leaking into the gulf for over a month, since a massive explosion on the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon. NOP2010060303

Heavy crude oil floats in the Gulf of Mexico June 2, 2010, near the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion last month. With every attempt to stop the massive deepwater BP oil leak unsuccessful, BP continued its efforts to intercept crude before it washed ashore. NOP2010060214

A volunteer scoops up crude oil from the surface of the water in Pass a Loutre near Venice, Louisiana, May 30, 2010. Oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from the sunken BP Deepwater Horizon rig, which was destroyed in a fatal explosion more than a month ago. NOP2010053003

Work boats pull booms to skim oil at the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico May 29, 2010. BP admitted that its top kill operation had failed to plug the well, and the company is proceeding with other efforts to stop the leak. NOP2010052911

Pelicans stand along the water at Queen Bess Island, Louisiana, May 26, 2010. Protective booms have been placed around the island, where the Louisiana state bird nests, but some oil has washed up in places. NOP2010052610

Controlled burns, surface skimming and flaring continue as part of the cleanup operation of BP s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 23, 2010. WAX20100525704

Photo taken on May 24, 2010 shows a post which says beach closed at the entrance of the Grand Isle National Park, Louisiana, US. The beach of the park was forced to close as a reslut of the oil pollution at the Mexico Gulf. (Xinhua Zhang Jun) (yc) (7)US-OIL-POLLUTION-GRAND ISLE

A worker cleans up the oil contaminated beach in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the United States, on May 24, 2010. (Xinhua Zhang Jun) (zw) (1)U.S.-PORT FOURCHON-OIL SPILL-CLEANUP

A boom is seen in use around the port of Bayou La Batre, Alabama on May 21, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. WAX20100522720

A pool of oil collects in a cove on Elmer s Island, Louisiana, May 21, 2010. Crude oil from the sunken Deepwater Horizon oil rig washed over the yellow boom intended to protect the beach from the massive spill. NOP2010052110

Soaked in oil, a seabird lies dead in the surf on Elmer s Island, Louisiana, May 21, 2010. Oil began washing up on the beaches and marshes of Southern Louisiana after the explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig a month ago. NOP2010052108

Soaked in oil, a seabird lies dead in the surf on Elmer s Island, Louisiana, May 21, 2010. Oil began washing up on the beaches and marshes of Southern Louisiana after the explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig a month ago. NOP2010052107

Crews conduct overflights of controlled burns taking place in the Gulf of Mexico on May 19, 2010. During controlled burns, oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident is burned in an effort to reduce the amount of oil in the water. WAX20100520702

An aerial view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Mobile, Alabama, was taken from a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft on May 6, 2010. WAX2010051012

Crews work on May 8, 2010, collect oil near and around the location where the Deepwater Horizon oil platform caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. At least 193 vessels are assisting in the oil spill recovery after the platform sank April 20, 2010. UP ICasey J. Ranel USCG WAX2010051009