Reply #2: LA Times images- mostly shore-based- high quality

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Terrance Castle of Houma, La., wipes the sweat off his head soon after beginning the cleanup of oil on a beach near Grand Isle.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / May 22, 2010)



A dead oil-soaked bird washes up on a beach near Grand Isle, La., as a crew works to clean up the sludge that has made landfall. Locals have also begun to worry about hurricane season.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / May 21, 2010)

Workers hired by BP rake up globs of oil, which have come ashore on the beaches in southern Louisiana, near Port Fourchon and Grand Isle. It coats the beaches, and each wave brings a new batch.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / May 22, 2010)


Many more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-html,0,6610369.htmlstory