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    Containment Boom Staged at Breton National Wildlife Refuge [Image 2 of 7]

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    An aerial photograph taken near Venice, Louisiana on April 29, showing oil containment booms deployed in open water to protect a coastal island and surrounding wetlands. The image captures a small marshy island with a deteriorated dock/pier structure, surrounded by riprap (rock revetment) and orange floating booms forming a protective barrier. This appears to be a response operation, likely related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

    VENICE, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES

    04.29.2010

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    U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

    Containment boom is staged at the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, April 29. As of April 30, over 217,000 feet of containment boom is used to help minimize the impact on environmentally sensitive areas.

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    Date Taken: 04.29.2010
    Date Posted: 05.03.2010 14:02
    Photo ID: 275341
    Resolution: 1123x794
    Size: 625.49 KB
    Location: VENICE, LOUISIANA, US
    Web Views: 192
    Downloads: 29

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    This is the Mississippi Canyon 252 Boom Operations Summary Map dated 4/29/2010, produced by The Response Group in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The map shows boom deployment and staging operations across the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida, with an oil sheen depicted from an overflight at 1000 hrs on 4/29/2010. Multiple staging areas and deployment zones are labeled with footage quantities across the affected coastline.
    An aerial photograph taken near Venice, Louisiana on April 29, showing oil containment booms deployed in open water to protect a coastal island and surrounding wetlands. The image captures a small marshy island with a deteriorated dock/pier structure, surrounded by riprap (rock revetment) and orange floating booms forming a protective barrier. This appears to be a response operation, likely related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
    A group of workers wearing hard hats and safety vests are handling large yellow oil containment booms on what appears to be a dock or barge near a waterway. The workers are unloading or organizing a substantial pile of yellow boom material along with aluminum framing components. The setting and equipment suggest this is an environmental response operation, likely related to an oil spill cleanup.
    A group of workers in a warehouse or industrial facility are carrying and moving large cardboard boxes. Multiple workers wearing white hard hats and safety glasses are visible, with two men in the foreground jointly carrying a large box. The setting appears to be a distribution or storage warehouse with bulk bags of material stacked in the background.
    A worker wearing a white hard hat and sunglasses operates a red forklift inside an industrial warehouse. The forklift is carrying a large pallet stacked with bags or bales of material wrapped in clear plastic stretch wrap. The warehouse contains additional similar pallets and various equipment in the background.
    An aerial photograph shows an oil spill response operation on open ocean. A large flat-decked vessel or barge is connected to two smaller response boats via boom lines forming a V-shape configuration, used to contain or collect surface oil. A brownish-orange oil sheen is visible on the water surface near the barge.
    A close-up, low-light photograph showing an older man with a white beard leaning in closely to examine or treat another person. He appears to be using a small light source to illuminate the area he is focused on. The scene is dramatically lit with a red background element visible behind him.

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