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Ixtoc I oil spill. This spill was caused by a blownout oil well. The well ranwild for 9 months and spilled over 140 million gallons of oil into the Bay ofCampeche. (Image credit: Collection of Doug Helton, NOAA/NOS/ORR)
Credit
Collection of Doug Helton, NOAA/NOS/ORR
Display Date
1979 September circa
Location
Mexico, Bay of Campeche
Category
America's Coastlines