Slick photos

NASA has released these new satellite photos of the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Here’s a better view from NOLA.com:

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Nothing seems to be going right in this disaster. In the above photo, an oil containment boom is virtually worthless as the waves are washing over it. See more photos.