ESA    Life in Space    Expanding Frontiers    Improving Daily Life    Protecting the Environment    Benefits for Europe  
   
Media Centre
Press ReleasesESA TelevisionLaunch Media CornerExhibitions
Services
CalendarPublicationsFrequently asked questionsESA-sponsored ConferencesHelpSite CreditsPortal terms of useCommentsSubscribe
 
 
 
Bookmark and Share
 
 
 
 
ESA’s Envisat monitors oil spill
 
27 April 2010

Envisat radar image of the oil spill
Download:
 HI-RES JPEG (Size: 470 kb)
This Envisat radar image captures the oil that is spilling into the Gulf of Mexico after a drilling rig exploded and sank off the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, USA, on 22 April 2010. The oil spill is visible as a dark grey whirl in the bottom right. Envisat acquired this image from its Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar on 26 April at 15:58 UTC.

Credits: ESA
 
 
Envisat optical image
Download:
 HI-RES JPEG (Size: 375 kb)
Envisat optical image of the oil spill (visible as a white whirl on the right) in the Gulf of Mexico. The image was acquired from the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) on 25 April 2010 at 16:28 UTC.

Credits: ESA
 
 
Observing the Earth
Related news
Envisat captures South Korea’s crude oil leak
Related missions
Envisat overview
Related links
The International Charter Space and Major Disasters
 
 
 
   Copyright 2000 - 2011 © European Space Agency. All rights reserved.