Florida Oil Loop Image

"The oil pollution 'could endanger Florida’s shoreline mangroves, seagrass beds and the third-longest barrier reef in the world, the 221-mile-long Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.'"

-- Jeff Hoffmeyer, Univ. of Southern Mississippi Center
for Fisheries Research and Development
(quoted by Think Progress.org)

The composite image below comes via ThinkProgress.org. Brad Johnson laid a MODIS satellite image of BP's massive oil spill over a National Weather Service HYCOM model of Gulf water currents. For a detailed view, click the image or these words.