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Best and newest image of the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico as seen yesterday from NASA satellite Aqua. Using its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Aqua gives us a great image of the Gulf of Mexico 101 days after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on July 28, 2010. Around the location of the oil leak, and around the Mississippi Delta, relatively light swirls and patches appear on the ocean surface. These areas might be oil slicks, although other factors could affect the water’s ability to reflect sunlight, especially near the shore. If these pale-hued sheens are oil-slicked areas, they contain very little recoverable oil, according to NOAA.