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Deepwater Horizon Disaster (main)

Just how big is the oil spill?

Published: August 23, 2011, 6:17 pm

Author: Heather Spindel

Source: PBS

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Deepwater Horizon Disaster (main)

In this PBS clip, editorial illustrator Steve Brodner puts the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in context by comparing the 78,000 square mile oil spill to the size of football fields, the Nagasaki bomb, and others.

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