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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Fragile Ecosystem
The sun sets over wetlands in Barataria Bay April 13, 2011 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Barataria Bay and its fragile wetlands were one of the hardest hit areas in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. April 20th marks the one-year anniversary of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.

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