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Whats In The Photo:Radar satellite image taken at 6 a.m. on November 12, 2007, 5 days after a container ship (the Cosco Busan) hit a support of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, spilling 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil into the Bay. Built-up urban areas, port facilities, and bridges are bright; clean water is medium-gray. Dark gray streaks and patches are consistent with the appearance of oil slicks, and probably show thin "sheens" and thicker isolated pockets of remaining oil (oil thickness, and therefore volume, cannot be determined from radar imagery). JPEG format, 200dpi at 14" x 17".
Caption:San Francisco Bay - Overview
Photographer Name:John Amos
Organization Name:SkyTruth
Credit For Photo:organization
Copyright:
Image by SkyTruth, Copyright 2007 -- All rights reserved. RADARSAT-1 data © CSA 2007. Processed and distributed by MDA Geospatial Services Inc. Please contact SkyTruth (info@skytruth.org) for more information and permission to use.