Today Show: Gulf Oil Spill Aerial View (VIDEO)

Kerry Sanders from The Today Show takes a flight around the Gulf on a Coast Guard helicopter for a one-of-a-kind aerial view of the Gulf oil spill. Sanders talks about being surprised not only by the oil sheen stretching as far as he could see, but being able to smell the oil when hovering 500 feet above the surface.

WATCH an aerial view of the Gulf oil spill:

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Comments

[RTIII]

11:03 PM on 06/08/2010

Still incompetent booming - WTF, guys?!?! Get the oil OUT OF THERE by using PROPER BOOMING TECHNIQUES!

This is NOT rocket science.

Everyone reading this has the mental capacity to pick up how to boom properly in mere minutes and with only a few days practice, no one in the WORLD would be better than you... Because Proper Oil Booming Is Not That Hard!

OUTRAGEOUS!

[thebearparty]

08:07 AM on 06/08/2010

Drill less baby, drill less
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70RZzxR8pqU

[canadian52]

12:41 AM on 06/08/2010

I think the most dramatic coverage of this tragedy has been through multimedia mediums such as video and pictures. Have you seen the twelve live footage cams of the oil spill? May be of interest. http://cbt20.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/watch-pbs-real-time-feed-from-the-gulf-oil-lea/

[Jaspatk1701]

09:13 PM on 06/07/2010

LIKE BP, LIKE GOLDMAN: TOO BIG, NO REGULATORS, EXPECT MORE DISASTERS! SEE THE AUDACITY OF G.O.P. FREE MARKET POLITICIANS AND YOU TOO JINDAL : THEY THINK THAT DRILL BABY DRILL AND FREE TO SCREW EVERYONE MARKET PHILOSOPHY SHOULD REIGN, AND THEN GET ANGRY AT THE RESULTS. We need not just more real progressives to win this time around, but also to give these idiots that see the results of free market-no regulation –trickle down-regressive tax policies and continue on their wise course some wisdom (this includes Cheney, Palin, Glen Beck, Rush Limburger) -- the only way they can get it: a brain transplant. For more, see my blog, http://www.wrathofmcgrath.com

[Redfish12]

08:16 PM on 06/07/2010

Yee Ha the South is dead!

[pinkylee23]

07:53 PM on 06/07/2010

Dirge for the age:
DUMP BOILING OIL down haywards gullet and sew his mouth shut!
DUMP BOILING OIL on 'adolf' svanberg and suttles too!
Dump oil on all BP workers!
Dump oil on all lobbyists and regulators!
Jail all regulators for life
Jail all BP workers for life
Strip all BP workers of their assets and use them for the clean up
Dismantle BP as a warning to other 'oilistas'
Fire salazar
Fire chu
Remove obama from the B(ack) P(ocket)
Remove obama from the B(ack) P(ocket)
SOS! Save Other Species!!!! Stop the human greed!!!
SOS! Save Other Species!!!! Stop the human greed!!!
SOS! Save Other Species!!!! Stop the human greed!!!
SOS! Save Other Species!!!! Stop the human greed!!!

[jinxed]

08:30 PM on 06/07/2010

So its the workers and Obama's fault. IMHO it is BP and their executive officers who made poor decisions. BP should pay for the mess they've made and if it destroys BP and their share holders in the process, too damned bad. Stop subsidizing the oil industry! We didn't subsidize the buggy whip or carriage business when cars replaced horses. Big Oil has outlived its usefulness and it is time for them to GO!

[andycan]

06:07 PM on 06/07/2010

Why not have some free-markets fanatics sweep the oil slick with a broom and a shovel.
That should teach them!

[nickfromla]

05:58 PM on 06/07/2010

Very compelling *NEW* BP Oil Spill Plume video; Shows Oil Reaching the Surface http://www.frequency.com/video/new-underwater/96950

[20yearnavyvet]

05:24 PM on 06/07/2010

The media, BP, the government and people in general need to stop calling this tragedy an "oil leak".
A car leaks oil onto the driveway.
Water leaks from pipes.
You can have a leaky roof.
This is an OIL GUSHER a mile beneath the surface of the water.
It is NOT "leaking" into the Gulf, it is bleeding profusely into the Gulf.
It cannot be compared to the Exxon Valdez because even the Exxon Valdez held a finite amount of oil as bad as it was.

This is a horrific tragedy for the Gulf region. For the people. For the wildlife. For the environment. For this country. BP made billions in profits last quarter. They are concerned about paying their stock holders. The company and the stockholders need to be concerned about using their money to start making this situation right even though, in reality, it will never be right. And the effects of the oil and the dispersants will be with us for many years to come.

Stronger regulations.
Requirements for relief wells to be drilled in concert with main wells.
Requirements for multiple blowout protectors.
Higher liability caps.
A CITIZENRY WILLING TO FORGE AHEAD WITH ALTERNATIVES TO OIL DESPITE THE HYPE.

We cannot escape the use of oil. It is part of our lives in more ways than we are even aware. However, that does not mean that we are incapable of greatly reducing the demand. Are we willing to do what it takes???

[cutandrun]

06:51 PM on 06/07/2010

......how about "oilcano"?

[20yearnavyvet]

07:41 PM on 06/07/2010

Okay, I give up. What is that?

[Tom Joad]

04:58 PM on 06/07/2010

For those with an interest, here's a primer on the poison in the Gulf of Mexico:

http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/chemicals.php?id=73

[Meighan]

05:29 PM on 06/07/2010

Thank you Tom for the link to a Great Website. Very good information on oil and such.

[bitsailor]

11:08 PM on 06/07/2010

Read somewhere that a hurricane could pick up oil from the gulf water and rain it down elsewhere... ?

[RTIII]

11:09 PM on 06/08/2010

Yes, a hurricane could.
.

[breakingpoint]

04:48 PM on 06/07/2010

nothing short of eco-terrorism by BP, BP Lobbyists, Government wavers and Dick Cheney.

[Denise Wolk]

05:12 PM on 06/07/2010

THIS is what Cheney's back-door dealing has brought us.

[breakingpoint]

06:06 PM on 06/07/2010

and Obama is just letting it happen

'we don't need to look back' he says.

history repeats

[Paladine]

06:16 PM on 06/07/2010

I was called an 'eco-commie' on twitter the other day...never heard of the term. Better that than a eco-terrorist, I guess. ;)

[Dana Cooney]

04:41 PM on 06/07/2010

It is so very sad that this is far from over.

http://theknowledgeeater.blogspot.com/

[cutandrun]

06:54 PM on 06/07/2010

.........it might last way longer than they are predicting. Do not be surprised.

[OgenB]

04:23 PM on 06/07/2010

And somehow BP thinks it can recover from this bad image they have created? No. Let us NOT forgive, let us make them an example to EVERY oil company out there as to what happens when you forgo safety equipment for just a tiny bit more profit. And let's not forget the other parties involved either.

[WeMustSpeakOut]

07:34 PM on 06/07/2010

Exactly right. AND we cannot let them forget that 11 men died due to their greed and negligence!

[RTIII]

11:11 PM on 06/08/2010

Criminal prosecutions ARE in order.

[Martin Musetsky]

04:17 PM on 06/07/2010

Live feed of all the cameras on the Gulf floor: http://climate.the-environmentalist.org/2010/06/live-video-feeds-of-gulf-oil-disaster.html

[mrJJ]

04:17 PM on 06/07/2010

BP warned last year a bigger spill was possible

You think the Deepwater Horizon spill is bad? You don’t know the half of it. BP’s June 2009 regional oil spill response plan for the Gulf of Mexico describes an “expected worst case scenario” that would dwarf the current disaster, dumping up to 250,000 barrels per day into the Gulf of Mexico.

The response plan was originally written in December 2000 and was last revised in June 2009 byThe Response Group of Houston, Texas. A redacted version of the plan was obtained by New Orleans freelance writer and blogger Karen Dalton Beninato, who posted the entire 582-page document online Friday.

http://newmexicoindependent.com/56596/it-coulda-been-worse-bp-warned-last-year-a-bigger-spill-was-possible