The Gulf oil slick from space

NASA has published photos from its MODIS (ahem; that’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometre) from its Terra satellite of the Gulf of Mexico.

The strange arm like curl is nothing other than the BP disaster. The oil silk from the well.

These photos come to IPS via Tree Hugger and the excellent Michael Graham Richard. That’s why we see “Holy Crap!” added. That wasn’t NASA. Got to agree with Michael on this one.

In Pure Spirit

Do think this oil spill is the worst we’ve seen yet? Do you think the companies involved are doing enough to try and combat it?