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The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico (21 photos)
The consequences of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
It affected all living things.
Strong oil-covered bird trying to climb a barrage buoy in Barataria Bay. (Gerald Herbert-AP)
Director of the Coast Wildlife Service Pi.Dzh.Han saves bird affected by the oil spill. (Gerald Herbert-AP)
Wounded dirty bird lies on the beach in Pensacola, Florida. (Dave Martin-AP)
Adult pelicans waiting for their turn to clean up oil in the middle of saving wildlife Fort Jackson in Buras, Louisiana. (Handout-Getty Images)
Volunteers clean a pelican in the center of Fort Jackson. (Daniel Beltra-Greenpeace via Reuters)
Stained oil washed white pelican at Fort Jackson. (Daniel Beltra-Greenpeace via Reuters)
Dead fish lying in a pool of oil on the surface of the water in the Bay Jimmy near Port Sulphur, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner-Reuters)
Crab tries to escape from a puddle of oil in the Gulf of Jimmy. (Sean Gardner-Reuters)
Stained oil pelicans sitting on the drain pipe in the Gulf of Barataria. (Sean Gardner-Reuters)
Crab and American flag at the bottom of oil off the coast of National Park Bon Secours, Alabama. (Ben Raines-AP)
Birds in oil loses lift and the ability to regulate body temperature. (Saul Loeb-AFP / Getty Images)
Rescued pelicans fed after cleaning up oil. (Chris Graythen-Getty Images)
Two herons searching for food in the channel at the oiled beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana. (Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
The fish, the cause of death is unknown, washed up on the shore of the beach in Louisiana. (Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Dead northern gannet lying on the beach of Grand Isle in Louisiana. (Sean Gardner-Reuters)
The first sea turtle rescued from the Gulf of Mexico, the process of cleaning the mouth of oil in New Orleans. (Meghan Calhoun-AP)
Oil bubble on the beach of Grand Isle. Local fauna, including hermit crabs, encountered difficulties not only in water but also on land. (John Moore-Getty Images)
Sea turtle swam to the shore of South Pass, Louisiana to eat siphonophores "Portuguese ship" - a creature is often confused with jellyfish. Since the oil leak was found 186 sea turtles, mostly dead. (Carol Guzy)
Volunteer clean toothbrush mouth pelican in the middle help wildlife in Buras, Louisiana. (Saul Loeb-AFP / Getty Images)
Pelican Oil flaps its wings on a pier in Grand Isle. (Lee Celano-Reuters)
It affected all living things.
Strong oil-covered bird trying to climb a barrage buoy in Barataria Bay. (Gerald Herbert-AP)
Director of the Coast Wildlife Service Pi.Dzh.Han saves bird affected by the oil spill. (Gerald Herbert-AP)
Wounded dirty bird lies on the beach in Pensacola, Florida. (Dave Martin-AP)
Adult pelicans waiting for their turn to clean up oil in the middle of saving wildlife Fort Jackson in Buras, Louisiana. (Handout-Getty Images)
Volunteers clean a pelican in the center of Fort Jackson. (Daniel Beltra-Greenpeace via Reuters)
Stained oil washed white pelican at Fort Jackson. (Daniel Beltra-Greenpeace via Reuters)
Dead fish lying in a pool of oil on the surface of the water in the Bay Jimmy near Port Sulphur, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner-Reuters)
Crab tries to escape from a puddle of oil in the Gulf of Jimmy. (Sean Gardner-Reuters)
Stained oil pelicans sitting on the drain pipe in the Gulf of Barataria. (Sean Gardner-Reuters)
Crab and American flag at the bottom of oil off the coast of National Park Bon Secours, Alabama. (Ben Raines-AP)
Birds in oil loses lift and the ability to regulate body temperature. (Saul Loeb-AFP / Getty Images)
Rescued pelicans fed after cleaning up oil. (Chris Graythen-Getty Images)
Two herons searching for food in the channel at the oiled beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana. (Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
The fish, the cause of death is unknown, washed up on the shore of the beach in Louisiana. (Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Dead northern gannet lying on the beach of Grand Isle in Louisiana. (Sean Gardner-Reuters)
The first sea turtle rescued from the Gulf of Mexico, the process of cleaning the mouth of oil in New Orleans. (Meghan Calhoun-AP)
Oil bubble on the beach of Grand Isle. Local fauna, including hermit crabs, encountered difficulties not only in water but also on land. (John Moore-Getty Images)
Sea turtle swam to the shore of South Pass, Louisiana to eat siphonophores "Portuguese ship" - a creature is often confused with jellyfish. Since the oil leak was found 186 sea turtles, mostly dead. (Carol Guzy)
Volunteer clean toothbrush mouth pelican in the middle help wildlife in Buras, Louisiana. (Saul Loeb-AFP / Getty Images)
Pelican Oil flaps its wings on a pier in Grand Isle. (Lee Celano-Reuters)
