File:July 4 2010 Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico.jpg

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Description	English: Natural-colour image of the Deepwater Horizon oil well. The oil appears as an uneven light gray shape east-south-east of the delta. The oil was visible to MODIS on July 4 thanks to sun-glint. Oil smooths the surface of the water, making it a better mirror of sunlight. As a result, close to the Sun’s reflection, the oil is brighter than surrounding water. This is especially true between the Mississippi Delta and the Deepwater Horizon location. East of the rig, however, sun-glint lightens most of the water, making it more difficult to distinguish oil from oil-free water.
Date	4 July 2010
Source	NASA Earth Observatory
Author	MODIS Rapid Response Team

Image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.

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