Oil Leak threatens Gulf of Mexico – April 26th, 2010
Oil Leak (false colors), Gulf of Mexico - April 25th, 2010 Original Satellite Image Aerial photo of the area An oil slick caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico is...
View ArticleRobots Work to Stop Leak of Oil in Gulf – April 27th, 2010
Oil Leak (Multi-spectral/Radar composite), Gulf of Mexico - April 26th, 2010 Oil Leak Detail (Radar Image) Oil continued to pour into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday as the authorities waited to see if...
View ArticleGulf of Mexico Oil Spill Reaches Louisiana Coast – April 30th, 2010
Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico - April 29th, 2010 Oil Spill Detail (Radar Image) The massive oil spill pouring from a ruptured oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the coast of Louisiana, threatening...
View ArticleOil Continues to Spread in Gulf of Mexico
Oil Spill (Multispectral/Radar Composite), Gulf of Mexico - May 2nd, 2010 Oil Spill Detail (Mutispectral/Radar Composite) Oil Spill Detail (Radar Image) As President Obama traveled to Louisiana on...
View ArticleOil Continues to Gush in Gulf of Mexico, Endangering Marine Life
Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico - May 7th, 2010 Cloud Streets Near Spill - May 8th, 2010 Oil Spill Highlighted by Sun Glint - May 8th, 2010 Radar Image of the Oil Spill - May 9th, 2010 May 11th is the 22nd...
View ArticleOil Spreading Throughout the Gulf of Mexico, USA – May 17th, 2010 – UPDATE
Spread of Oil in Gulf of Mexico from April 26th to May 18th, 2010 Oil Spill seen from ISS - May 4th, 2010 - © NASA The series of ASAR images in this animation show the spread of oil, originating from a...
View ArticleOil Coats Louisiana’s Shorelines and Reaches into Marshes, USA – May 25th, 2010
Gulf of Mexico, USA - May 21st, 2010 Crews try to clean an island covered in oil Over one month after the initial explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, crude oil continues to flow...
View ArticleFluctuations in Size and Location of Oil Slick, Gulf of Mexico – May 26th, 2010
Gulf of Mexico, USA - May 21st - 24th, 2010 Over a month after the spill began, oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico. The exact spill flow rate is uncertain –in part because BP has refused to...
View ArticleOil Spill Continues to Spread in Gulf Mexico
Gulf of Mexico, USA - May 28th, 2010 Anger and despair intensified across the Gulf Coast on Sunday as BP — after the failure of the “top kill” — planned to attempt yet another short-term fix to contain...
View ArticleHurricane Alex (01L) South of Oil Spill – July 2nd, 2010
Hurricane Alex (01L) - June 26th, 2010 Alex - Enhanced image Alex South of Oil Spill Close-up of Oil Spill The main image shows Alex (01L) on June 26th, when it was starting to become better organized...
View ArticleMississippi River Delta and Gulf of Mexico Waters by Oil Spill – July 12th, 2010
USA - June 24th, 2010 This image shows the Mississippi River Delta and the water around the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. Sediments spilling from the delta tinge some of the water a greenish color. Other...
View ArticleDestruction of Boreal Forest Near Athabasca Oil Sands, Canada – September...
Canada - August 27th, 2010 Destruction of Boreal Forest Vast Areas of Cleared Forest On the right side of this orthorectified image of eastern Alberta, Canada, the Athabasca River can be seen running...
View ArticleNew Orleans and Southern Louisiana, USA – October 30th, 2010 – Eosnap...
USA - October 14th, 2010 New Orleans - October 21st, 2010 Oil by Mississippi River Delta - May 5th, 2010 Eosnap celebrates its 3000th post with an update on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and a look...
View ArticleOil Spill from Container Ship Rena Off Coast of New Zealand
New Zealand - October 15th, 2011 Salvage teams are pumping oil from a stricken container ship off the New Zealand coast before bad weather arrives which could split the vessel in two and spew more oil...
View ArticleDesertification and Shrinking Lake Chad
Chad - March 11th, 2012 Fewer than 50 years ago, Lake Chad was bigger in surface area than the country of Israel. Today its surface area is les than a tenth of its earlier size, shrinking 90 percent...
View ArticleLow Water Levels in Eastern Basin of South Aral Sea – August 14th, 2012
Aral Sea – August 13th, 2012 As the Aral Sea has shrunk, it has separated into three distinct main lakes. Here, the North Aral Sea and the western lake of the southern basin appear to contain...
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