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Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Oil sheen and tarballs on the water.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Mousse, or emulsified oil, covers Jamaica Beach on Galveston Island, Texas, just west from the spill site of the Alvenus.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Spill responder shows the thicknesss of tarmat by standing in it with bare feet.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Thick mousse covers Jamaica Beach on Galveston Island.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. A break in the thick mousse cover shows the sandy beach beneath it.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Thick mousse on Jamaica Beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Thick mousse covers Jamaica Beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Thick tarmat on Jamaica Beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Mousse on Jamaica Beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Mousse on Jamaica Beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Tarballs and tarmats on fine grain sand beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Spill responder shows how deep the oil cover is on this beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Spill responder shows the thickness of the oil cover.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Responders and cleanup workers on beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Beach cleanup crew.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Vehicle tracks on oiled beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Oil-covered beach.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Oil-covered beach with tire tracks.
Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Vehicle tire tracks in thick oil on beach.
Amerada Hess storage tank failure, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, September 1990. Cleanup workers use bulldozers and other equipment to scrape oil off the ground.
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