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Timor Sea Drilling Spill Covers 2,500 Square Miles
/2 Comments/in Montara, Oil Spill, West Atlas /by John AmosSkyTruth just obtained a full-resolution version of the NASA /MODIS satellite image taken on August 30, 2009, nine days after the blowout and spill began from the Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. We did some additional processing to enhance features in the ocean, and discovered that slicks and sheen […]
Timor Sea Drilling Spill – More Images Online
/2 Comments/in Montara, Oil Spill, West Atlas /by John AmosUPDATE 9/3/09 5pm EDT: We had to temporarily take down the CSK radar images from August 28, 29 and 30. Hopefully they’ll be back online soon. Other images from August 25-30 (including TSX radar and MODIS) are still online. We’ve just added a few new location maps and satellite images to our growing online gallery […]
Timor Sea Drilling Spill – Satellite Images Reveal Extensive Slicks
/5 Comments/in Montara, Oil Spill, West Atlas /by John AmosLooks like the ongoing oil spill gushing into the Timor Sea off northwest Australia may be worse than initially reported (see a slideshow of aerial photos and watch a video). One observer this weekend estimated that oil slicks and sheen from the blowout in the Montara field extend across 180 km of ocean and are […]
Offshore Drilling: Nobody’s Perfect
/in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosShould we pursue offshore drilling in new areas like the Florida coast? It’s a balancing act all right – good jobs and a partial reduction in our dependence on foreign oil (dang those Canadians!) vs. the potential damage to beaches, water and air quality, and tourism- or fishing-based economies. A few things to consider as […]
Natural Gas and Oil Leases – Controversy in Utah
/in Oil & Gas /by John AmosShould we allow natural gas drilling within a few miles of some of the West’s most iconic national parks? This is one of the many questions the current administration is wrestling with, inheriting a legacy of what many Western citizens – Democrats and Republicans alike – consider to be years of unbalanced, pro-industry decisions and […]
NASA Launches New Weather Satellite
/in Oil Spill /by John AmosGOES-14 launch – click to see a larger image On June 27, 2009, NASA successfully launched GOES-14, the newest in a long line of workhorse weather satellites, and will soon turn over operation of the bird to NOAA. Most of the images you see on TV weather reports come from the GOES satellites. They’re low-resolution, […]