Alligator Threatened by the BP Oil Spill

An alligator swims near Port Pascagoula temporarily free of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill with protective booms placed offshore. Port Pascagoula is the largest port in Mississippi and the 16th largest in the United States.

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No Sales, Credit: U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas L. Rosprim

Unique identifier: GP029J8

Type: Image

Shoot date: 06/05/2010

Locations: Mississippi, North America, United States of America

Credit line: © United States Navy

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster

Scenes from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP leased, Transocean mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an explosion April 20 and sank in 5,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers died. Oil gushed from the deepwater wellhead into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 100 days until a relief well was drilled and the leaking well clogged with mud.

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