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Photograph showing waste drilling fluids spilled from a natural gas drilling site in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado (near the town of Rifle and the Roan Plateau). Photo from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, apparently taken on February 20, 2008. Spill is in Garden Gulch, a tributary to West Parachute Creek. See the DNR's 3/6/08 press release on this event at http://dnr.state.co.us/newsapp/press.asp?pressid=4783 .

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Photograph showing waste drilling fluids spilled from a natural gas drilling site in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado (near the town of Rifle and the Roan Plateau). Photo from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, apparently taken on February 20, 2008. Spill is in Garden Gulch, a tributary to West Parachute Creek. See the DNR's 3/6/08 press release on this event at http://dnr.state.co.us/newsapp/press.asp?pressid=4783 .

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Oblique panoramic satellite image looking across the Roan Plateau and Garden Gulch in western Colorado. Frozen "waterfall" of spilled drilling fluids is at the head of the gulch, just below the rim of the Plateau. CR 215 runs through broad valley of Parachute Creek in the background. Image from Google Earth. To download a Google Earth KMZ file marking the location of this spill, go to http://skytruth.mediatools.org/objects/view.acs?object_id=11767 .

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Oblique panoramic satellite image looking up Garden Gulch in western Colorado. Frozen "waterfall" of spilled drilling fluids is at the head of the gulch, just below the rim of the Roan Plateau. Image from Google Earth. To download a Google Earth KMZ file marking the location of this spill, go to http://skytruth.mediatools.org/objects/view.acs?object_id=11767 .

Location of Garden Gulch, Colorado - View to West-Southwest

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Oblique panoramic satellite image looking toward the Roan Plateau up Garden Gulch in western Colorado. Frozen "waterfall" of spilled drilling fluids is at the head of the gulch, just below the rim of the Plateau. Image from Google Earth. To download a Google Earth KMZ file marking the location of this spill, go to http://skytruth.mediatools.org/objects/view.acs?object_id=11767 .

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Oblique panoramic satellite image showing location of drilling-fluid spill at head of Garden Gulch in western Colorado. Frozen "waterfall" of spilled drilling fluids formed at the head of the gulch, just below the rim of the Roan Plateau. Image from Google Earth. To download a Google Earth KMZ file marking the location of this spill, go to http://skytruth.mediatools.org/objects/view.acs?object_id=11767 .

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To see an interactive Google map of this site, go to maps.google.com and search for "Garden Gulch Spill" or use this link - http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=117338013494279539826.000448e4aa849f4f2f9f2&ie=UTF8&ll=39.528805,-108.141432&spn=0.046209,0.11467&t=h&z=14

Location of Garden Gulch Spill

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