Gerrit Vyn / Oil spill response vessels in Mobile Bay, responding to the impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Mobile County, Alabama, USA, July 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil covered island and displaced oil containment boom in Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of an oil covered island and displaced oil containment boom in the Barataria Bay area of the Mississippi River delta, contaminated as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the G...

Gerrit Vyn / Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) lightly oiled as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Standing in a coastal marsh. Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida. USA, June...

Gerrit Vyn / Aerial view of Slickbar oil booms on the beach at Grand Isle, used in the clean up and containment of hazardous oil, from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jefferson Parish, Louisi...

Gerrit Vyn / Slickbar oil booms on the beach at Grand Isle, used in the clean up and containment of hazardous oil, from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. USA, July...

Gerrit Vyn / Human footprints and oiled beach from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Baldwin County, Alabama. USA, June 2010.

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) roosting on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay. The nesting colony on this island was heavily impacted by the BP Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico oil...

Shattil & Rozinski / Off-shore oil rig silhouetted against setting sun, Gulf of Mexico, off Texas coast, USA

Doug Perrine / Cocoa damselfish {Pomacentrus / Stegastes variabilis} juvenile amongst sponges on oil rig, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

Doug Perrine / Brain coral {Pseudodiploria strigosa} releasing egg and sperm packets during mass spawning, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

Doug Perrine / Natural hybrid cross between Blue angelfish {Holacanthus bermudensis} and Queen angelfish {Holacanthus ciliaris} Texas, Gulf of Mexico, USA