Satellite Image of Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

A satellite image of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico taken on May 17, 2010. Click on image for larger image.

The outlined area is the oil slick as seen from today’s satellite imagery. The feature of the
long branch of oil slick extending to the south validated our previous model forecast based
on 05/15 initialization. Our predicted “very likely” pattern becomes reality. Check our
previous forecast at http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu/~liu/oil.html.
This satellite imagery is used to initialize our oil spill trajectory models.