Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico 2010

Well, after days of oil spill containment talks, it seems the situation is only going to get worse in the coasts of Louisiana. The oil spill has increased exponentially in size, and precious estimates of 1000 barrels a day were raised to 5000 barrels of petrol leaked each passing day. The oil spill Gulf of Mexico 2010 is surely going to be the worst environmental disaster in some years.

The blowout preventer, supposedly used as a safety measure is not working as it should, and authorities have been trying to find a way to make this situation not so disastrous.

The NASA released yesterday some images that show us the state of the oil spill.  Keep in mind that the oil spill continues increasing in size – and danger.

Along with the pictures, NASA commented:

“A damaged oil well may be leaking five times more oil into the Gulf of Mexico than officials first estimated. This view of the slick was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on Wednesday, April 28. The eastern part of the oily area is covered by streaks of clouds, but the reddish streaks shown in photos of the slick appear to be visible. It appears that a tendril of oil is reaching out toward the tip of the delta.”