Orbital View: The Oil in the Gulf Spreads Northeast

Nicole Allan Jun 22 2010, 12:13 PM ET

More

Via NASA's Terra satellite:

oil spreads northeast resized.jpg

This image, captured via spectroradiometer on June 19th, shows oil spreading from the source of the leak (in the lower left-hand quadrant) up toward the Alabama and Florida coasts. The government estimates that anywhere from 36 to 106 million gallons of oil have entered the Gulf.

Jump to comments

Email
Print

Nicole Allan is a senior editor at The Atlantic.

Faking Afghanistan: A Simulated Battlefield in the Mojave Desert

Geoff Manaugh & Nicola Twilley May 18, 2013
How to Walk Away

Heidi Grant Halvorson May 14, 2013
What Commencement Speeches Leave Out

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson May 17, 2013
Can the Company That Built the Future Win It?

Alexis C. Madrigal May 16, 2013

Video

More Video Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

Will 'Digital Ethnic Cleansing' Be Part of the Internet's Future?

The Ethics of Extreme Porn

Watch an Explosion on the Moon

The Lightweight Appeal of Star Trek Into Darkness

‹ ›

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register. blog comments powered by Disqus

Writers

Up

James Fallows

Two Takes on the Modern History of the 'Scandal' May 18, 2013
Olga Khazan

Eric Schmidt: Kim Jong Un Could Turn On North Korea's Internet if He Wanted May 18, 2013
Megan Garber

Will 'Digital Ethnic Cleansing' Be Part of the Internet's Future? May 18, 2013
Rebecca J. Rosen

NASA Records an Explosion on the Moon So Bright You Could Have Seen It With Your Bare Eyes May 18, 2013
Garance Franke-Ruta

Fauna: This Is Not an Indoor Cat May 17, 2013
Alexis C. Madrigal

The Time Exxon Went Into the Semiconductor Business (and Failed) May 17, 2013
Matthew O'Brien

This Is the Biggest Mistake 60-Year Old Men Make About the Economy May 17, 2013
Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Social Construction of Race May 17, 2013
Jordan Weissmann

College Enrollment Is Falling Faster Than We Thought (Good News!) May 17, 2013
Christopher Orr

The Lightweight Appeal of Star Trek Into Darkness May 17, 2013
Conor Friedersdorf

In Homage to The Office: What's the Worst Job You've Ever Had? May 17, 2013
James Hamblin

How All Millennials Think About Pregnancy May 16, 2013
Derek Thompson

A Simple Graph That Should Silence Austerians and Gold Bugs Forever May 16, 2013
Andrew Cohen

This Is Congress's Chance to Rein In the War on Terror May 16, 2013
J.J. Gould

The Amazing David Beckham Goal That Sent England to the 2002 World Cup May 16, 2013
Matt Schiavenza

Who Are China's 'Reborn' Children? May 16, 2013
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

The Nostalgic, Dangerous Appeal of Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps May 15, 2013
Eleanor Barkhorn

Angelina Jolie Is Still a Woman May 14, 2013
Spencer Kornhaber

Good News: The Arrested Development Season 4 Trailer Is Quite Funny May 13, 2013
Steve Clemons

McCain's Benghazi Fishing Trip Lands Gregory Hicks May 8, 2013
David A. Graham

What Really Sank Gun Control: Distrust of Government May 7, 2013
Jeffrey Goldberg

Just What Makes Goldblog a Middle East Expert, Anyway? Apr 29, 2013
Zvika Krieger

The Overwhelming Proliferation of Car-Sharing Companies Apr 29, 2013
Heather Horn

The World Watches the Siege in Boston Apr 19, 2013

More in Global

In Focus

2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Most Popular

1: 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
2: The Ethics of Extreme Porn: Is Some Sex Wrong Even Among Consenting Adults?
3: Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies
4: Will 'Digital Ethnic Cleansing' Be Part of the Internet's Future?
5: The Biggest Obama Scandals Are Proven and Ignored
6: SNL's Ben Affleck Episode: 5 Best Scenes
7: Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity?
8: NASA Records an Explosion on the Moon So Bright You Could Have Seen It With Your Bare Eyes
9: What We Mean When We Say 'Race Is a Social Construct'
10: Paul Otellini's Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It?

Just In