Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill Photographs

1978 - 1985. Photographs by E.R. Gundlach unless noted. Contact Info: ErichEti@cs.com

Spill conditions: 223,000 tons of Saudi Arabian crude oil lost along the Brittany coast of France in March 1978.

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Amoco Cadiz aground offshore Portsall, France on 21 March 1978. Download.

 
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Heavily oiled Roscoff with floating boom, 21 March 1978. Download.
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Vertical photograph of Roscoff (by French government). Oil is streaming from lower left to upper right. Download.

 
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Oil being held offshore due to wave reflection off exposed rocky shoreline. Download.
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Heavily oiled beach (AMC-9), 25 March 1978. Download.
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Same beach as above, illustrating self-cleansing of lower beach face. Download.
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Bucket cleanup, 22 April 1978. Download.
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Excessive removal of unoiled sand by front-end loader. Download.
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Subtidal criters washed up after being narcotized by the oil, 2 April 1978. Download.
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Heavily oiled Ile Grande marsh, 2 April 1978. Download.
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Cleanup at Ile Grande marsh, 25 April 1978. Download.
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Excessive cleanup in the Ile Grande marsh, 25 April 1978. Download.
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Post cleanup at Ile Grande illustrating marsh damage, 4 November 1978. Download.
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Ile Grande cleanup from air 28 April 1978. Download.
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Ile Grande recovery, 20 October 1985. Download.
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Ile Grande plantings greatly assisted recovery, 11 October 1985. Download.
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Ile Grande marsh showing good vegetative cover, 19 October 1985. Download.
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Heavily oiled rocky shore at Portsall. Download.

 

 

 

 


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