Wow... Composite Graphic Of The Gulf/Slick/Loop - From ThinkProgress

[WillyT]

Today’s MODIS / Terra satellite image is the most cloud-free we’ve seen in many days, and what it reveals is disturbing: part of the still-massive Gulf oil slick has apparently been entrained in the strong Loop Current, and is rapidly being transported to the southeast toward Florida. The total area covered by slick and sheen, at 10,170 square miles (26,341 km2), is nearly double what it appeared to be on the May 14 radar satellite image, and is bigger than the state of Maryland.

The satellite image overlaid with a model of the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico:


Composite image of MODIS satellite image and National Weather Service
HYCOM ocean current model. Constructed by Brad Johnson,
ThinkProgress Wonk Room.

Even greater detail at (click on graphic): http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/05/18/oilpocalypse-loop-current/

:wow:

[WillyT]

1. Kick !!!

:kick:

[Duer 157099]

2. Looks like someone is getting screwed n/t