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Oil reached the coast of Louisiana
After more than a month after the accident on the rig «Deepwater Horizon» oil continues to flow into the Gulf of Mexico and is already 19 km from the coastal marshlands of Louisiana. According to the governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, more than 104 km of coastline have been affected by the state of the oil spill. The company «BP» reports that it will begin a new environment earlier attempts to eliminate the leak, this time using weighted solution of clay and cement. This maneuver is called "dieback" and is the best alternative for the company, which has made several unsuccessful attempts to locate an oil spill. The most conservative estimate, 6 million gallons of oil have flowed into the bay, while some scholars argue that the amount of leakage has exceeded oil spill off the coast of Alaska in 1989, when water leaked 11 million gallons.
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via The Boston Globe
1. dragonfly tries to clean the wings, sitting on the grass in the oil-contaminated Gulf of Garden Island, near Venice, Louisiana, May 18. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert
2. Activist "Greenpeace" has come into the oil puddle on the beach on the Gulf of Mexico May 20th. (John Moore / Getty Images)
3. Follow the ship on the oil puddle on 17 May. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
4. Oil reached marshland in the delta of the Mississippi River on 23 May. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
5. Dead northern gannet, mired in oil, lies on the beach of Grand Isle on May 21. Member of the Research Society of protection of seabirds marked the spot death of the birds. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
6. An employee of the company «BP» removes the oil from the beach Elmers Island May 22. State authorities closed the popular tourist beach, which even allowed only reporters, accompanied by representatives of the company «BP». (John Moore / Getty Images)
7. Workers carry oil absorbent booms from the Gulf of Mexico May 20th. (John Moore / Getty Images)
8. Bridget Hargrove, her 4-year-old son, Aiden and year-old daughter Emma are bathed in the children's pools, away from the oil-contaminated water Gulf of Mexico, on the beach of Grand Isle on May 21. The mayor of Grand Isla David Kamardell told that the beach was closed Friday afternoon because of the presence of oil on it. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
9. Oil Stains on the foot 8-year-old Grace Hardley, walking along the beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana, May 21. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
10. Red heron mired in oil legs and tail flying over the water in Grand Isle on May 20th. (US Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley)
11. At the site of the oil spill are going ultra-deep platform and other machines, where they are prepared for the process, which, as the company hopes to «BP», stop the flow of oil. (John Moore / Getty Images)
12. Natural gas from the damaged wellhead bore hole rigs «Deepwater Horizon» is burned using a drill ship «Discoverer Enterprise», May 16 in the Gulf of Mexico. (Patrick Kelley / US Coast Guard via Getty Images)
13. The collected oil burning on the water at 11 km north-east of the oil spill on May 18th. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
14. Oil on the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico, about 9 km southeast of Grand Isle. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
15. Protective booms surrounded the island near the mouth of the Mississippi River south of Venice, Louisiana, May 17. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
16. Oil booms floating around in a swampy area of the delta of the Mississippi River on 23 May. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
17. Senior Manager, an organization dedicated to the restoration of the environment after a disaster, Maura Wood takes samples oiled marsh near Pass a Lourtier, Louisiana, May 20. (REUTERS / Lee Celano)
18. Stained oil Pelican leaves its nest near the oil blending into land on the island, which weave their nests hundreds of pelicans, terns, gulls and spoonbills in Barataria Bay on May 22. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
19. An employee of the company «Plaquemines Parish» puts neftepogloschayuschy Bon against the backdrop of the sky dotted with pelicans in Barataria Bay on May 22. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
20. Louisiana Environmental Services Officer tries unsuccessfully to catch Soiled with mud pelican in the Gulf Bratariya on 23 May. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
21. Stained oil Pelican soars after environmental service workers tried to catch him on an island in the Gulf Bratariya on 23 May. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
22. Environmentalists scooped oil from Redfish Bay marshes along the Louisiana coast. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
23. Iridescent film of oil on the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico, near the site of the oil spill. The ship uses a protective Coupons to stem the flow of oil that you want to burn in 67 km from the coast of Louisiana. (REUTERS / Hans Deryk)
24. A team of environmentalists trying to clear the island of the oil in the southern part of the Gulf of the East Bay on 23 May. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
25. Environmentalists from the company «BP» clean oil from the beach in Port Furshon on 23 May. (John Moore / Getty Images)
26. Crab mired in the oil sink creeps past the bubble of oil on the beach at Grand Isle on May 22. (John Moore / Getty Images)
27. The boat is sailing between the protective booms at the mouth of the Mississippi River south of Venice, Louisiana, May 19. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
28. Oil has in the reeds on the north-eastern part of the Mississippi River on May 18th. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
29. The ship sprays water near the site of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 18th. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
30. These marine turtles are considered the smallest Kemp views of sea turtles in the world. They were placed in an aquarium, "New England" in Boston, as long as they can not be set free because of the oil spill. (Dina Rudick / Boston Globe)
31. The sun sets over the oil contaminated beach in Grand Isle on 23 May. (John Moore / Getty Images)
32. Senior Worker "Greenpeace" Lindsey Allen attempts to save a small crab covered in oil on the beach at the mouth of the Mississippi River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner / Greenpeace)
33. A small boat floats on a thick layer of oil. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
34. A vessel fishing for shrimp collects oil rig after an explosion «Deepwater Horizon» Gulf of Mexico May 5. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
35. Volunteers from the project «Grassroots Mapping» traveled in a small boat (top left) in the Chandeleur Islands, near the delta of the Mississippi River on May 9, taking the ball (Green Left) and photographic equipment to capture the effects of the oil spill.
36. Dr. Eric Miller washes pelican in the mobile station rehabilitation at Fort Jackson, Louisiana, May 15. (REUTERS / U.S. Navy / Justin Stumberg)
37. A helicopter flies above the surface of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill pollution, May 18. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
38. Young Heron dies in mangrove swamps, flooded with oil on May 23, along the coast of Louisiana. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
39. The ship's captain Preston Morris shows his oil-covered hands after collecting samples from marshes and Loutro Pass, Louisiana, May 19. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
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39 photo + letter
via The Boston Globe
1. dragonfly tries to clean the wings, sitting on the grass in the oil-contaminated Gulf of Garden Island, near Venice, Louisiana, May 18. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert
2. Activist "Greenpeace" has come into the oil puddle on the beach on the Gulf of Mexico May 20th. (John Moore / Getty Images)
3. Follow the ship on the oil puddle on 17 May. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
4. Oil reached marshland in the delta of the Mississippi River on 23 May. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
5. Dead northern gannet, mired in oil, lies on the beach of Grand Isle on May 21. Member of the Research Society of protection of seabirds marked the spot death of the birds. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
6. An employee of the company «BP» removes the oil from the beach Elmers Island May 22. State authorities closed the popular tourist beach, which even allowed only reporters, accompanied by representatives of the company «BP». (John Moore / Getty Images)
7. Workers carry oil absorbent booms from the Gulf of Mexico May 20th. (John Moore / Getty Images)
8. Bridget Hargrove, her 4-year-old son, Aiden and year-old daughter Emma are bathed in the children's pools, away from the oil-contaminated water Gulf of Mexico, on the beach of Grand Isle on May 21. The mayor of Grand Isla David Kamardell told that the beach was closed Friday afternoon because of the presence of oil on it. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
9. Oil Stains on the foot 8-year-old Grace Hardley, walking along the beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana, May 21. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
10. Red heron mired in oil legs and tail flying over the water in Grand Isle on May 20th. (US Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley)
11. At the site of the oil spill are going ultra-deep platform and other machines, where they are prepared for the process, which, as the company hopes to «BP», stop the flow of oil. (John Moore / Getty Images)
12. Natural gas from the damaged wellhead bore hole rigs «Deepwater Horizon» is burned using a drill ship «Discoverer Enterprise», May 16 in the Gulf of Mexico. (Patrick Kelley / US Coast Guard via Getty Images)
13. The collected oil burning on the water at 11 km north-east of the oil spill on May 18th. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
14. Oil on the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico, about 9 km southeast of Grand Isle. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
15. Protective booms surrounded the island near the mouth of the Mississippi River south of Venice, Louisiana, May 17. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
16. Oil booms floating around in a swampy area of the delta of the Mississippi River on 23 May. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
17. Senior Manager, an organization dedicated to the restoration of the environment after a disaster, Maura Wood takes samples oiled marsh near Pass a Lourtier, Louisiana, May 20. (REUTERS / Lee Celano)
18. Stained oil Pelican leaves its nest near the oil blending into land on the island, which weave their nests hundreds of pelicans, terns, gulls and spoonbills in Barataria Bay on May 22. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
19. An employee of the company «Plaquemines Parish» puts neftepogloschayuschy Bon against the backdrop of the sky dotted with pelicans in Barataria Bay on May 22. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
20. Louisiana Environmental Services Officer tries unsuccessfully to catch Soiled with mud pelican in the Gulf Bratariya on 23 May. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
21. Stained oil Pelican soars after environmental service workers tried to catch him on an island in the Gulf Bratariya on 23 May. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
22. Environmentalists scooped oil from Redfish Bay marshes along the Louisiana coast. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
23. Iridescent film of oil on the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico, near the site of the oil spill. The ship uses a protective Coupons to stem the flow of oil that you want to burn in 67 km from the coast of Louisiana. (REUTERS / Hans Deryk)
24. A team of environmentalists trying to clear the island of the oil in the southern part of the Gulf of the East Bay on 23 May. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
25. Environmentalists from the company «BP» clean oil from the beach in Port Furshon on 23 May. (John Moore / Getty Images)
26. Crab mired in the oil sink creeps past the bubble of oil on the beach at Grand Isle on May 22. (John Moore / Getty Images)
27. The boat is sailing between the protective booms at the mouth of the Mississippi River south of Venice, Louisiana, May 19. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
28. Oil has in the reeds on the north-eastern part of the Mississippi River on May 18th. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
29. The ship sprays water near the site of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 18th. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
30. These marine turtles are considered the smallest Kemp views of sea turtles in the world. They were placed in an aquarium, "New England" in Boston, as long as they can not be set free because of the oil spill. (Dina Rudick / Boston Globe)
31. The sun sets over the oil contaminated beach in Grand Isle on 23 May. (John Moore / Getty Images)
32. Senior Worker "Greenpeace" Lindsey Allen attempts to save a small crab covered in oil on the beach at the mouth of the Mississippi River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner / Greenpeace)
33. A small boat floats on a thick layer of oil. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
34. A vessel fishing for shrimp collects oil rig after an explosion «Deepwater Horizon» Gulf of Mexico May 5. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)
35. Volunteers from the project «Grassroots Mapping» traveled in a small boat (top left) in the Chandeleur Islands, near the delta of the Mississippi River on May 9, taking the ball (Green Left) and photographic equipment to capture the effects of the oil spill.
36. Dr. Eric Miller washes pelican in the mobile station rehabilitation at Fort Jackson, Louisiana, May 15. (REUTERS / U.S. Navy / Justin Stumberg)
37. A helicopter flies above the surface of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill pollution, May 18. (REUTERS / Daniel Beltra / Greenpeace)
38. Young Heron dies in mangrove swamps, flooded with oil on May 23, along the coast of Louisiana. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
39. The ship's captain Preston Morris shows his oil-covered hands after collecting samples from marshes and Loutro Pass, Louisiana, May 19. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
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