23 May 2011 - North Atlantic Ocean. The Greenpeace ships Esperanza and Arctic Sunrise intercept the Leiv Eiriksson drill rig in the north Atlantic en route to Greenland. Greenpeace have been involved in a week-long hunt for the 53,000 tonne Leiv...

27 May - Oil Platform Fire The Mississippi Delta is at image center, and the oil slick is a silvery swirl to the right.

29 April - A clean up boat lays out oil booms along Port East in the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana.

01 May - Employees of D&C Seafood unload what they expect to be the last of the shrimp catch at their facilities in Venice, Louisiana.The gulf water off the Mississippi and Louisiana coast has been closed to fishermen following the Deepwater...

01 May - Members of the Tri State Bird Rescue and Research team in Fort Jackson treat a Northern Gannet which was found on the day before in the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana.

05 May - Shrimp boat participating in the clean up operation.