Oil in the Gulf: Pictures of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster & Response
About 10:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the floating rig Deepwater Horizon. Most of the 126 workers were safely evacuated. Eleven however, were unaccounted for. The oil rig sank Thursday, April 22, 2010. This ongoing photo gallery depicts the response to the disaster. Click here for the previous photo gallery.
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Remotely-operated vehicles piloted from the motor vessel Viking Poseidon
Video acquired by a remotely operated vehicle is monitored and recorded onboard the motor vessel Viking Poseido. The video display shows a small pollution containment chamber, known as the "top hat," being lowered into the Gulf of Mexico by the motor vessel Viking Poseidon May 11, 2010. The chamber will be used in an attempt to contain an oil leak that was caused by the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon explosion.
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