Pollution in the Gulf of Mexico - Gulf of Mexico oil spill - On April...

Pollution in the Gulf of Mexico - Gulf of Mexico oil spill - On April 20, 2010, following an explosion, an oil platform sank into the sea. The black maree (right) stretching into the Gulf of Mexico is photographed here on 1 May 2010 by the Landsat-7 satellite. On the left, the Mississippi Delta. On April 20, 2010, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon suffered an explosion and sank two days later. Soon thereafter, oil began leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from ruptured pipes deep on the ocean floor. Landsat - 7 image of the oil spill (on the right) in the Gulf of Mexico. The image was acquired on 1st May 2010