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background - toxic waste on the water surface
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Gulf oil spill aerials of controlled burns
Various aerials of ships conducting controlled burns near the source of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Gulf oil spill aerials of controlled burns on July 16, 2010  (Footage by Getty Images)
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill aerials
Helicopter aerials of oil recovery site of DeepWater Horizon crude oil spill / aerials of the ship Discoverer Enterprise and the rigs drilling relief wells for BP / Fire coming from Discoverer Enterprise / Oil patches on water / Oil...
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Workers cleaning up tarballs and oiled snare boom on Port Fourchon beaches, oil containment snare boom on beach to catch oil coming in, yellow 'caution' tape, truckload of absorbant boom / view of oil rigs off shore.
Workers cleaning up tarballs and oiled snare boom on Port Fourchon beaches, oil containment snare boom on beach to catch oil coming in, yellow 'caution' tape, truckload of absorbant boom / view of oil rigs off shore. at the Gulf Oil...
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Aerial long shot of DeepWater Horizon oil spill recovery site, Discoverer Enterprise and rigs drilling relief wells for BP, oil spill patterns on water
Aerial long shot of DeepWater Horizon oil spill recovery site, Discoverer Enterprise and rigs drilling relief wells for BP, oil spill patterns on water at the Gulf Oil Spill Spreads, Damaging Economies, Nature, And Way Of Life at Grand...
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Aerials of A Whale tanker near Gulf Oil spill.
Aerials of A Whale tanker about 20 miles off Louisiana Coast.  The tanker was being evaluated as a skimmer. Aerials of A Whale tanker near Gulf Oil spill. on July 06, 2010 in Louisiana (Footage by Getty Images)
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Aerials of the BP Gulf Oil Spill
Aerials of BP Deepwater Horizon oil well site with response ships gathered. Discover Enterprise and Q4000 burning off natural gas and oil. Aerials of the BP Gulf Oil Spill on July 06, 2010 in Louisiana (Footage by Getty Images)
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Gulf Oil Spill Seafood Inspection
NOAA ship that caught sample fish from Gulf areas threatened by BP oil spill / Exteriors of NOAA lab, sign / conducting seafood inspections / fish and lab technicians preparing samples for smell tests and chemical tests. Gulf Oil Spill...
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BP Contractors Score Beach for Tarballs
BP contractors are searching for tarballs along the beach which they photograph and document. BP Contractors Score Beach for Tarballs on May 17, 2010 in Grand Isle, Louisiana (Footage by Getty Images)
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Vessels of Opportunity Skim Oil
Vessels of Opportunity chartered by BP skim for oil off the coast of Pensacola / they use a 'horseshoe' boom / fishermen try to skim oil caught up in Sargasso seaweed. Vessels of Opportunity Skim Oil  on May 13, 2010 in Pensacola,...
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Prestige tanker Oil Spill, 2002: clean-up team scraping oil off rocks, Northwest coast of Spain.
Prestige tanker Oil Spill, 2002: clean-up team scraping oil off rocks, Northwest coast of Spain.
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Prestige tanker Oil Spill, 2002: Oiled seabird sits amongst oil and debris on beach, Northwest coast of Spain.
Prestige tanker Oil Spill, 2002: Oiled seabird sits amongst oil and debris on beach, Northwest coast of Spain.
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Prestige tanker Oil Spill, 2002: clean-up team, beach and oily promenade, Northwest coast of Spain.
Prestige tanker Oil Spill, 2002: clean-up team, beach and oily promenade, Northwest coast of Spain.
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Forest fires rage in Arkansas after weeks of drought in October of 1952
Title: "Out of Control! - Forest Fires Spread Ruin in South" superimposed over forest fire / aerials smoke from forest fire / VS raging forest fires / Pan flames burning forest floor / silhouettes of men fighting fires / VS raging fires...
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Torrey Canyon Tanker Spill
Aerial view of wrecked tanker Torrey Canyon off the coast of England near Land's End, Cornwall / oil pooling in the ocean around the tanker / people on the beach inspecting oil damage / waves full of oil hit beach and birds covered in...
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BP Contractors Strategize
BP contractors are seen discussing strategy for laying boom across Batataria Bay, the stand beside the causeway leading into Grand Isle. BP Contractors Strategize on May 17, 2010 in Grand Isle, Louisiana (Footage by Getty Images)
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Engineers welding metal funnel to be used to stem oil flow from leaking Deepwater Horizon oil rig / John Curry (BP's Director of Public Affairs) interviewed / CUTAWAYs of Curry working on giant metal dome at the Wild Well Control Centre...
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CLEAN: Oil skimmers brought in from the Gulf of Mexico because of rough
CLEAN: Oil skimmers brought in from the Gulf of Mexico because of rough
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CLEAN:Military mobilise to clean Italy's polluted river
CLEAN:Military mobilise to clean Italy's polluted river
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CLEAN : Hong Kong cleans up greasy beaches after palm oil spill
A massive palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters clogs some of Hong Kong's most popular beaches