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Photos: What it takes to clean up an oil spill

November 20, 2007 12:52 PM PST

On January 16, the tanker Jessica ran aground on the Galapagos Islands, ultimately leaking 200,000 gallons of oil into the famous wildlife-rich environment. The Gulf Strike Team assisted the Ecuadorian government with the cleanup. Here, boom is deployed just in front of the listing ship.

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