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Booms and skimmers

Split oil is contained by a boom & a skimming barge sucks it up

The oil in this spill is contained by a boom while a skimming barge sucks up the mess.

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Rights: Public Domain – courtesy of the United States Coast Guard
Published: 11 January 2012Size: 669.09 KB
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