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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Penetrated Defenses
Marsh land damaged by the spill oil, along the banks of Barataria Bay near Myrtle Grove, Louisiana March 31, 2011.

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