Thursday, May 6, 2010
Gulf Coast Oil Spill
On Day 17 of the tragic oil spill from the drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, this is what it looks like from the air. Oil continues to pour into the Gulf from the undersea well at about 210,000 gallons per day. The pinkish oil is now at the shore of New Harbor island, a national wildlife refuge and nesting ground for sea birds. West of the mouth of the Mississippi River, hundreds of dead