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Air Date: May 05, 2017

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Because the Deepwater Horizon well is at the bottom of a marine canyon, some effects on its underwater landscape could be comparable to those of the spill at the Ixtoc well, which was perched on the edge of a marine canyon. (Photo: NOAA Office of Coast Survey)
Because the Deepwater Horizon well is at the bottom of a marine canyon, some effects on its underwater landscape could be comparable to those of the spill at the Ixtoc well, which was perched on the edge of a marine canyon. (Photo: NOAA Office of Coast Survey)
A heavy band of crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, May 12th 2010. (Photo: Deepwater Horizon Response Image Gallery, NOAA)
A heavy band of crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, May 12th 2010. (Photo: Deepwater Horizon Response Image Gallery, NOAA)

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