It's difficult to fathom the size of the ongoing Gulf oil spill, but NASA can help put things in perspective thanks to this image captured by their MODIS Rapid Response System, which was "developed to provide near realtime imagery from the MODIS instrument for users who require an immediate view of a specific phenomenon from satellites."
In other words, here's what this mess looks like from space.
link: Gulf Oil Spill From Space: NASA Satellite Image Shows Extent Of Spill (PHOTO)
A whole lot more photos of oil on the Gulf are available from NASA's own site, here.
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