Tuesday
Apr272010
NASA Images of Oil Leak from Damaged Deepwater Horizon Well in the Gulf of Mexico
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 12:02AM 
Things are not looking good for the gulf coast.
These images of the affected area were captured on April 25 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite (top, wider view) and the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite (bottom, close up).
In the top image the Mississippi Delta is top center. Crews are trying to keep oil out of the Pass A Loutre wildlife area, a 115,000-acre preserve near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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Reader Comments (20)
Dear Humans
Hey, it's totally cool if you guys want to do more offshore drilling. I think it is a great idea. Don't mind me. I'll just be over here providing for your survival, not to mention your favorite fishing spots.
Love, Nature
P.S. Douche bags.
Drill baby drill....oh wait...spill baby spill!
I heard yesterday if they can't turn off the well electronically then they'll have to drill a release valve to turn off the oil, which could take 3 weeks or more. So, let's see, 45K gallons a day, times that by 21 days....things are looking great for off shore drilling.
So glad the Palin's of the world are so quick to open up off shore drilling (and Obama for that matter).
It is a good thing that the gulf coast has lost so much of its wetlands already, otherwise the oil slick might already be up in the MS river estuary.
I wonder how many billions of the profit money made in the last 90 days are going towards clean up / shut off?
Latest estimates are 72 hour landfall from Louisiana to Fla...
The investment company whose newsletters I subscribe to tipped the company behind the rig a few weeks ago. I get the impression the gentleman responsible is not sleeping too well of late. Every day for the last four days we've been sent an update e-mail from him, running to several hundred words, explaining and analysing the rescue and damage-limitation exercise now under way. You can almost hear the sweat hitting the desk from his fevered brow...
One point I feel has to be made in the interests of balance: only if you'd be content for Mankind to return to the horse and trap can you get too high and mighty where energy companies are concerned. If we are indeed at or close to Peak Oil, then either we Hoover up every last drop of oil we can find, in increasingly awkward and hazardous locations, to keep the planet functioning or else future generations brace themselves to go Amish where transport is concerned.
Unless I'm being lied to by oil industry analysts, that appears to be the deal.
I wonder what many of you would say if gas was $10 a gallon...
Really DDG? I wonder how many people in this world call you a douchebag
Way to avoid the question...
Why must the option be oil or Amish? That is what we might call a "false dilemma." Given potential and increasing options for alternative fuels (no i am not talking about corn based biofuels), higher standards in fuel economy (beyond a measly 35 miles a gallon), and other alternative energy sources the options are not necessarily petrolium fuel or Amish living. Have you seen "Who Killed the Electric Car?"? It is worth a look.
Yes, you are correct - we do need these sources of energy, such as oil and coal. However, if gas were to sky rocket in price again, this might spur the industry to more seriously devote their time and efforts toward a more substantial shift away from the current energy platforms we operate on and continue to be dependant upon. (DDG - I welcome higher gas prices - to answer your question).
If one is concerned about Peak Oil, then the shift should indeed take place sooner than later. Hoovering up remaining sources of oil only drags the issue out, while ignoring the real source of the problem.
Now, rather than think more fully about all of this, I am going fishing.
Alternatives exist. "They" would have you think otherwise.
DDG, yes, $10 a gallon is the best option if anyone is really interested in creating new sustainable resources (which already exist).
Ah! Now I am talking to intelligent adults. I agree, we need alternative sources of energy. However, we can't just stop oil prodution. It must be done slowly over a decade or so. If you drive anything but a 4 cylinder and complain about oil production, you are a hypocrit btw. Let's use some of the tax revenue, coming from the new drilling platforms off of the east coast, to create new sources of energy and alternate transportation. JMO.
Our economy must be weened off of oil slowly, or at least moderately and I welcome it as well.
We're all hypocrites, and we're all to blame. This horror, like all the others, is a consequence of our world-wide business model: growth through destruction and depletion. Do unto others before they do unto you. Kill or be killed. Just a little peak in the evolution of life on this planet. Global pandemic cannot be too far behind.
Hmmm...that may be a tad bit hyberbolic, Rob, but then again, maybe not.
Sorry DDG... I misunderstood your reasoning.. agreed
Ooops, got bummed out there for a minute. Okay, better now. The power of love and compassion will prevail, eventually.
the planet is going to shit, steelhead are dissapearing, and people want to keep using gasoline in their cars, fucccckkkkkkkk
$10 a gallon.... isn't that we we pay already in the UK?
If we paid $10 a gallon the oil rich would be richer, and the poor would be poorer. The real issue here is that there should be a fail-safe way to shut the wells off. Why can't they place a fail safe valve lower down near ocean floor or somewhere between? It is just sad to see this happen in an area that was already hit hard by Katrina, had strong freezes this past year that killed a lot of fish, and is having legislative issues regarding conservation.
They did have a fail safe valve...it didn't work.