The spilled oil is seen in this photo dated May 10, 2010. (photo: ww.163.com)
Boats are seen cleaning the oil slick off the coast of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. (photo: ww.163.com)
The marshland is threatened by the spilled oil in this photo dated May 5, 2010. (photo: ww.163.com)
Rescue devices are seen piling up in this photo dated May 11, 2010. (photo: ww.163.com)
A technician is seen monitoring the oil spill condition in this file photo dated May 5, 2010
A new device was deployed at the site of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Lousiana to contain the gushing oil, May 11, 2010. (photo: ww.163.com)
The leaked oil has dyed the sea water brownish red off the Louisiana coast, May 9, 2010
A cleaner is seen deploying an oil containment boom along the coast in Louisiana, May 11, 2010. So far, the emergency measures taken to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have proven to have little effect. There are still about 5,000 barrels of oil leaking into the gulf. U.S. president Barack Obama called the oil spill a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster. (photo: ww.163.com)
The photo dated May 6 shows a giant oil slick threatens to pollute the fragile wetlands of Louisiana. So far, the emergency measures taken to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have proven to have little effect. There are still about 5,000 barrels of oil leaking into the gulf. U.S. president Barack Obama called the oil spill a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster. (photo: ww.163.com)
Workers are cleaning a sea bird on May 4, as a large amount of sea birds and animals are threatened by the oil slick. So far, the emergency measures taken to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have proven to have little effect. There are still about 5,000 barrels of oil leaking into the gulf. U.S. president Barack Obama called the oil spill a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster. (photo: ww.163.com)
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Gulf oil spill: an environmental disaster
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