Workers blast rocks and wash down the shoreline soaked in crude oil using Corexit oil dispersant during a test during clean up operations on Quayle Beach, Smith lsland from the Exxon Valdez oil spill August 8, 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Exxon Valdez spilled at least 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989.

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Workers blast rocks and wash down the shoreline soaked in crude oil using Corexit oil dispersant during a test during clean up operations on Quayle Beach, Smith lsland from the Exxon Valdez oil spill August 8, 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Exxon Valdez spilled at least 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989.

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Size: 2800px × 1880px
Location: Prince William Sound, Alaska
Photo credit: © ARLIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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