These unique images of the Deep-water Horizon oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico were obtained by the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft on May 17, 2010, at around 16:40 UTC (11:40 CDT). The top panel is a false-colour image created by combining data from the red band of the 26-degree forward-viewing camera, where the oil appears dark, with the blue and green bands of the nadir (vertical-viewing) camera, where the oil appears bright
These unique images of the Deep-water Horizon oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico were obtained by the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft on May 17, 2010, at around 16:40 UTC (11:40 CDT). The top panel is a false-colour image created by combining data from the red band of the 26-degree forward-viewing camera, where the oil appears dark, with the blue and green bands of the nadir (vertical-viewing) camera, where the oil appears bright
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