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Burned wreck of the Urquiola. Onboard oil still
remains and is being pumped off. 22 May 1976. Download.
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Oil (mousse) washed north of the wreck
site along cliffed shorelines. 29 May 1976. Download. |
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Oil in pocket boulder / gravel beach north of the wreck
site. 22 May 1976. Download.
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Heavily oiled beach at Canabal near the wreck site.
(Using buckets for cleanup during initial stages.) May 1976. Download.
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Oil mop operation at Mera beach. 20 May 1976. Download.
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Raso beach covered with oil. 22 May 1976. Download.
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Looking up Raso beach illustrating oil only on the surface
of the water-saturated sands. (See below for close-up).
26 May 1976. Download.
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Close-up at base of Raso beach illustrating no penetration
into water-saturated sediments. Scale = 15cm. 26 May 1976. Download.
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Upper berm of Raso beach illustrating 15+ cm penetration
/ burial into the fine-sand sediments. Scale = 15cm. 26
May 1976. Download.
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+2 weeks. Natural cleansing of the lower shoreline of
Raso beach. 6 June 1976. Download.
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Heavily oiled Doniños beach north of the wreck
site. 20 May 1976. Download.
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Trench at Doniños beach indicating burial / penetration
extending 25-30 cm below the surface. Scale = 15cm.. 20
May 1976. Download.
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Example of (how not to) cleanup at Bastiagueiro.
8 June 1976. Download. |
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Another example of how not to clean sand
beaches (excessive mixing of oil with clean sand underneath
surface oiling). June 1976. Download. |
