Scenes of the BP Spill Zone, One Year Later

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Marsh grass dead from oil from the BP oil spill mixes with new growth along the banks of Barataria Bay near Myrtle Grove, Louisiana March 31, 2011. BP's well leaked more than 4 million barrels of oil after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded 9:53 p.m. CDT on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers.

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