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Collecting samples of oil deposited on Chandeleur Islands.

Collecting samples of oil deposited on Chandeleur Islands.
Collecting samples of oil deposited on Chandeleur Islands.
Collecting samples of oil deposited on Chandeleur Islands.
Collecting samples of oil deposited on Chandeleur Islands.
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(29°55′54″N, 88°49′17″W)
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Carmichael, Catherine
Collecting samples of oil deposited on Chandeleur Islands.
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04/06/2011
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This image is not to be used without permission from US Fish and Wildlife Service since they manage the islands.
Permission granted by Chris Reddy to feature this image in WHOI's Image of The Day.
Oceanus online caption:
The WHOI researchers took a close look at photos they had taken of the debris on the Chandeleur Islands and found this weathered sticker. After a bit of research, they confirmed that it was syntactic foam flotation from the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Image of the Day caption:
Soon after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, pieces of a mysterious white substance was found bobbing in the Gulf of Mexico. The material was hard, porous, and uniformly embedded with small, black spheres. WHOI scientists analyzed samples of it and determined that it was manmade. They also analyzed oil on the debris and showed that it matched oil from Deepwater Horizon. Still, the researchers did not know what the material was or where it came from until they found this debris on Louisiana's remote Chandeleur Islands. A weathered sticker provided an undeniable clue that the material was, in fact, flotation foam from the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Photo by Catherine Carmichael
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
This image is not to be used without permission from US Fish and Wildlife Service since they manage the islands.
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