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Massive Oil Spill Hits US Gulf Coast
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Birds at the Breton Island sanctuary, that is protected by oil boom barriers to stop the spread of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster, off the coast of Louisiana, 30 Apr 2010. (AFP Image)
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This US Coast Guard image released on April 22, 2010 shows fire boat response crews as they battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, 21 Apr 2010. (AFP Image)
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NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 Apr 2010. With the Mississippi Delta on the left, the silvery swirling oil slick from explosion. (NASA Image)
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An estimated 42,000 gallons of oil per day were leaking from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico in late April, following an explosion at an offshore drilling rig. (NASA Image)