29 de diciembre de 2011

marea negra...

20 de Abril de 2010 la plataforma petrolífera Deepwater Horizon explota en el Golfo de México: 11 muertos, 17 heridos y un desastre ecológico de consecuencias incalculables.


El fotógrafo español Daniel Beltrá logra capturar las imágenes de la catástrofe pese a la enorme censura mediática...2 meses de trabajo y cientos de fotografías...de una belleza que casi nos hacen olvidar la magnitud de esta marea negra...



Aerial view of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. After the Deepwater Horizon platform sank on the 22nd, it began a spill that released over 60,000 barrels of crude oil every day for the next three months.

Oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon wellhead covers the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

Skimmer ships, floating containment booms, anchored barriers, sand-filled barricades along shorelines and dispersants were used in an attempt to protect hundreds of miles of beaches, wetlands, and estuaries from the spreading oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead.

After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 5 million barrels of crude oil, the gushing wellhead was capped on July 15th. The impact of the spill continues even after the well has been capped.

Paths of oil-free water remain in the calm waters of the Gulf of Mexico from boats attempting to clean up the crude spill off the coast of Louisiana.