Oil Spill on the Yellowstone River

The rupture of an Exxon Mobil pipeline releases almost 1,000 barrels of oil into a flood-swollen river.
John Warner / Reuters

Dirty Work
One of the crew members uses an absorbent pad to clean up the oil, July 6, 2011.

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