Scenes of the BP Spill Zone, One Year Later

Scenes of the BP Spill Zone, One Year Later At the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, much of the Gulf coast is still in a fragile state
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An oil tar ball litters Fourchon Beach in Port Fourchon, La., April 13, 2011. Tar balls and oil are still in abundance on the Louisiana coast a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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