Working to contain a dangerous oil leak
Images from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Handout photo obtained on April 30, 2010 from Eumetsat shows a satellite image taken on April 29 of the growing oil slick off the coast of Louisiana slowly approaching the Mississippi Delta.HO
Waves wash over booms deployed along the Louisiana coastline Thursday, April 29, 2010 as oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion approaches land.Liz Condo
A satellite image taken on April 26, 2010, shows clean up vessels near the oil slick resulting from the explosion of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil rig, in the Gulf of Mexico.DIGITAL GLOBE
Handout photo provided by Greenpeace on April 30, 2010 shows a clean-up boat laying oil booms along Port East in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana, where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continued.SEAN GARDNER
A fisher surveys the wetlands near the town of Venice, in the path of the oil spill that is creeping towards the coast of Louisiana on April 29, 2010.MARK RALSTON
A Louisiana National Guard helicopter flies over Breton Sound off the coast of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana Thursday, April 29, 2010. Containment booms have been deployed along the Louisiana coastline as oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion approaches land.Liz Condo
This April 28, 2010 image made from video released by the Deepwater Horizon Response Unified Command, shows an insitu burn in the Gulf of Mexico, in response to the oil spill after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon.Petty Officer 1st Class Justin S
Handout photo provided by Greenpeace on April 30, 2010 shows birds surrounded by oil booms on Breton Sound Island, southern most tip of the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana, where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continued to spread.SEAN GARDNER
A Louisiana Heron flies above the fragile wetlands near the town of Venice, in the path of the oil spill that is creeping towards the coast of Louisiana.MARK RALSTON
Birds sit on the water surrounded by oil booms on Breton Sound Island, on the southern most tip of the Chandeluer Islands in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana April 29, 2010.SEAN GARDNER
This NASA image shows the extent of the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico (centre right).
Oil, bottom right, is seen approaching the Louisiana Coast, top left, in this aerial photo taken about 10 kilometres from shore, Wednesday, April 28, 2010.Gerald Herbert
A boat with an oil boom tries to contain oil spilled from the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.Gerald Herbert
In this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 kilometres southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, a boat with an oil boom tries to contain oil spilled from the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.Gerald Herbert
An aerial view of the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana, where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread.Sean Gardner/The Associated Press
This satellite photo taken April 26, 2010, shows cleanup vessels working in the area of an oil slick created after the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana.HO/Reuters