I guess my guess a few posts back about the dispersants BP uses on their oil spill was pretty spot on. I would suggest we all stop eating fish that might spend any of their lifecycle visiting the Gulf of Mexico for the rest of our lifecycle.

Unless you want to shorten your own lifecycle that is.

No more sushi for you!

taken June 19, 2010

The following text is quoted from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=44375

On Saturday, June 19, 2010, oil spread northeast from the leaking Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil appears as a maze of silvery-gray ribbons in this photo-like image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite.

The location of the leaking well is marked with a white dot. North of the well, a spot of black may be smoke; reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say that oil and gas continue to be captured and burned as part of the emergency response efforts.

The large image provided above is at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution (level of detail). Twice-daily images of the Gulf of Mexico are available from the MODIS Rapid Response Team in additional resolutions and formats, including a georeferenced version that can be used in Google Earth.

• References

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2010, June 20). Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico. National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

More images of this event in Natural Hazards

<rant> This whole oil spill in the Gulf makes me sick to think about.  The use of a dispersant that is illegal in Europe to make the oil hide below the surface so they can hide the scope of the crime being committed while at the same time breaking it down so that fish and birds can absorb it into their gills and mouths is even more incomprehensible.  Guess BP had a surplus of some nasty chemicals they needed an excuse to dump, eh?  Totally unacceptable.  </rant>