Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]oil slicks are pretty attractive when you look at them that way;^) ric On Jul 27, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Chris Williams wrote: > Does not seem like it's getting allot of national attention, but on > Wednesday morning an oil tanker hit a tugboat pushing a barge full > of industrial oil down the Miss River just west of the Miss River > Bridge in New Orleans. 9,000 barrels went into the river, 400,000 > gallons of industrial oil(like diesel) spilled into the river. This > is one of the worst spills on the Miss River. > > Saturday night at a wedding I was able to be high enough to still > view the oil slick on the river. At that time only 10% of the oil > had be contained. The sunken barge is located where the bright > lights underneath the bridge are in these images. There are some > reflections in the images due to shooting through a very dark tinted > window, but the spill is very noticeable still. > > http://www.zoeicaimages.com/OilSpill2008 > > D3, 2500iso > > While the Coast Guard is once again doing a bang up job, it seems > others are only concerned about the loss of revenue with having to > shut down the river for a few days. Very little is being discussed > on the news about environmental impacts as the spill moves into the > wetlands along Louisiana's coast. It seems very surprising to me > whenever oil drilling is discussed nationally that a spill always > seems to follow. > > Chris > NOLA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information