File:Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico June 10th View (Detail) (4690823414).jpg
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NASA's Aqua Satellite Saw Oil Slick in Sunglint on June 10 NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, June 10 at 19:05 UTC (3:05 p.m. EDT) and the satellite's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument captured an image of the thickest part of the oil slick. In the image, the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is positioned in sunglint. In the sunglint region—where the mirror-like reflection of the Sun gets blurred into a wide, bright silvery-gray strip—differences in the texture of the water surface may be enhanced. In the thickest part of the slick, oil smooths the water, making it a better "mirror." Areas where thick oil cover the water are nearly white in this image. Additional oil may also be present. To see the full image go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4690188789 To learn more go to: www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oil-creep.html
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Source | Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico June 10th View [Detail] |
Author | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA |
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Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 09:16, 11 June 2010 |
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Image width | 1,282 px |
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Date and time of digitizing | 05:16, 11 June 2010 |
Date metadata was last modified | 05:16, 11 June 2010 |