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The terrible disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
Environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico continues. Numerous attempts to stop the oil leak proved futile. Oil continues to flow into the bay. Animals are dying. Environmentalists from the mission "Pelican" who conduct research in the region, discovering at great depths giant accumulations of oil, reaching depths of 90 meters. "Deep-spots" are dangerous because they deplete the oxygen required for living organisms. Now the level has dropped by thirty percent. "If this continues after a couple of months, the flora and fauna of the Gulf may die," - say environmentalists.
American Brown Pelican (left) stands next to their clean counterparts on an island in Barataria Bay. On this island, numerous colonies of birds nest. There are thousands of brown pelicans, herons and roseate spoonbill, many of which are currently affected by the oil spill. (Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)
Brown pelicans fly over neftezaderzhivayuschim Bonhomme that surrounds their island in Barataria Bay. Pelican is a symbol of Louisiana, but in the 60-ies of the last century, these birds are almost extinct in the region due to the widespread use of insecticides. Later, however, the population of these birds managed to revive. (Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)
Dead fish on the beach of the island of Grand Isle, Louisiana. The company «British Petroleum» uses chemicals - the so-called dispersants which are oil digested. However, their use leads to poisoning of water. Dispersants are destroying the blood system of fish, and they die from excessive bleeding. (Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)
Covered in oil corpse northern gannets on the beach island of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Coast State first met with the oil film and the most affected by this disaster. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
Biologist Mandy Tamlyn from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Louisiana pulls the corpse of a dolphin out of the water near the shore of the island of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Vskroyut corpse to determine the exact cause of death. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / MCT)
A bird flies over the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico off the island of East Grand Terre, which is located off the coast of Louisiana. The amount of oil that is in the Gulf at depths several times higher than the one that rises to the surface of the water. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
Covered with a thick layer of oil Gull Gull swinging on the Atlantic waves in the surf off the island of East Grand Terre, Louisiana. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
The company «British Petroleum» prohibits workers to distribute in the press photos of dead animals. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Oil-coated dead fish floating off the coast of East Grand Terre June 4, 2010 near East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. The fish eat the infected due to the use of dispersants plankton and the food chain toxins spread everywhere. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Bird corpse in the oil floating in the surf near the island of East Grand Terre 3 June. Environmentalists believe that affected millions of different migratory birds that spend the winter on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and the decline in the population of sea turtles, bluefin tuna and other marine species will hit the entire ecosystem of the Atlantic Ocean. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
Hermit crabs in a reddish brown oil on the coast of Dauphin, Alabama. It is expected that the total elimination of the accident will be possible only by August, and clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil may drag on for years. (AP Photo / Mobile Press-Register, John David Mercer)
Soiled oil pelican eggs in the nest on the bird island in Barataria bay, where thousands of nesting brown pelicans American, terns, gulls and roseate spoonbill. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
Dying heron chick sitting in the mangroves on an island in Barataria Bay. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
Oil-coated body of a dead dolphin lying on the ground in Venice, Louisiana. This dolphin was noticed and picked up during a flyby of the south-western region on the Mississippi River. "When we found this dolphin, it was literally packed with oil. Oil just poured out of him. "- Say the contract workers that help oil companies to clean the beach. (AP Photo / Plaquemines Parish Government)
Brown Pelican covered with a thick layer of oil floating in the surf off the coast of East Grand Terre, Louisiana. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
In Louisiana, the birds die en masse. Environmentalists are trying to save injured birds - survivors, mostly pelicans, urgently taken to the veterinary rehabilitation center. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Now oil has collected on the beaches of Florida. US authorities have banned fishing in new areas. Already one third of closed fishing areas in the US Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Dead turtle lies on the shore of the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Dead turtle lies on the shore of the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Danin Birtel, left, of the Center for the study of birds and rescue «Tri-State», Patrick Hogan, right, of the International Research Center to save the birds, and Christina Shillesi wash soiled with oil pelican in Buras, Louisiana, June 3. In the center for victims of oil pollution are provided for washing tanks, special drying room and a small pool in which to re-learn to swim bird, narrowly escaped death. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
American Brown Pelican (left) stands next to their clean counterparts on an island in Barataria Bay. On this island, numerous colonies of birds nest. There are thousands of brown pelicans, herons and roseate spoonbill, many of which are currently affected by the oil spill. (Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)
Brown pelicans fly over neftezaderzhivayuschim Bonhomme that surrounds their island in Barataria Bay. Pelican is a symbol of Louisiana, but in the 60-ies of the last century, these birds are almost extinct in the region due to the widespread use of insecticides. Later, however, the population of these birds managed to revive. (Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)
Dead fish on the beach of the island of Grand Isle, Louisiana. The company «British Petroleum» uses chemicals - the so-called dispersants which are oil digested. However, their use leads to poisoning of water. Dispersants are destroying the blood system of fish, and they die from excessive bleeding. (Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)
Covered in oil corpse northern gannets on the beach island of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Coast State first met with the oil film and the most affected by this disaster. (REUTERS / Sean Gardner)
Biologist Mandy Tamlyn from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Louisiana pulls the corpse of a dolphin out of the water near the shore of the island of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Vskroyut corpse to determine the exact cause of death. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / MCT)
A bird flies over the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico off the island of East Grand Terre, which is located off the coast of Louisiana. The amount of oil that is in the Gulf at depths several times higher than the one that rises to the surface of the water. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
Covered with a thick layer of oil Gull Gull swinging on the Atlantic waves in the surf off the island of East Grand Terre, Louisiana. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
The company «British Petroleum» prohibits workers to distribute in the press photos of dead animals. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Oil-coated dead fish floating off the coast of East Grand Terre June 4, 2010 near East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. The fish eat the infected due to the use of dispersants plankton and the food chain toxins spread everywhere. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Bird corpse in the oil floating in the surf near the island of East Grand Terre 3 June. Environmentalists believe that affected millions of different migratory birds that spend the winter on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and the decline in the population of sea turtles, bluefin tuna and other marine species will hit the entire ecosystem of the Atlantic Ocean. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)
Hermit crabs in a reddish brown oil on the coast of Dauphin, Alabama. It is expected that the total elimination of the accident will be possible only by August, and clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil may drag on for years. (AP Photo / Mobile Press-Register, John David Mercer)
Soiled oil pelican eggs in the nest on the bird island in Barataria bay, where thousands of nesting brown pelicans American, terns, gulls and roseate spoonbill. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
Dying heron chick sitting in the mangroves on an island in Barataria Bay. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
Oil-coated body of a dead dolphin lying on the ground in Venice, Louisiana. This dolphin was noticed and picked up during a flyby of the south-western region on the Mississippi River. "When we found this dolphin, it was literally packed with oil. Oil just poured out of him. "- Say the contract workers that help oil companies to clean the beach. (AP Photo / Plaquemines Parish Government)
Brown Pelican covered with a thick layer of oil floating in the surf off the coast of East Grand Terre, Louisiana. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
In Louisiana, the birds die en masse. Environmentalists are trying to save injured birds - survivors, mostly pelicans, urgently taken to the veterinary rehabilitation center. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Now oil has collected on the beaches of Florida. US authorities have banned fishing in new areas. Already one third of closed fishing areas in the US Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Dead turtle lies on the shore of the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Dead turtle lies on the shore of the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Danin Birtel, left, of the Center for the study of birds and rescue «Tri-State», Patrick Hogan, right, of the International Research Center to save the birds, and Christina Shillesi wash soiled with oil pelican in Buras, Louisiana, June 3. In the center for victims of oil pollution are provided for washing tanks, special drying room and a small pool in which to re-learn to swim bird, narrowly escaped death. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
