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May 10, 2010

Just How Big is the Gulf Oil Spill?

The Atlantic’s James Fallows points us to this Google Earth-powered tool from Paul Rademacher that allows users to overlay the size of the Deepwater Horizon spill over any metropolitan area. Placing the image of the spill over the D.C. metro area provides a stunning look at just how big this disaster really is. In this case, Rademacher, who works for Google Earth, points out on his site that it is very hard to imagine the…

 
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