Pictures of the Day: Tuesday, June 22, 2010

This image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is produced by NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) mounted on the Terra satellite.
Jesse Alle / NASA / Zuma

Colorful Disaster

This image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is produced by NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) mounted on the Terra satellite. It shows oil colored in silver, vegetation in red and water in light blue.