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Chris Reddy collecting samples from Breton Nat'l Wildlife Sanctuary.

Chris Reddy collecting samples from Breton Nat'l Wildlife Sanctuary.
Chris Reddy collecting samples from Breton Nat'l Wildlife Sanctuary.
Chris Reddy collecting samples from Breton Nat'l Wildlife Sanctuary.
Chris Reddy collecting samples from Breton Nat'l Wildlife Sanctuary.
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(29°56′48″N, 88°49′28″W)
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Carmichael, Catherine
Chris Reddy collecting samples from Breton Nat'l Wildlife Sanctuary.
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04/06/2011
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This image is not to be used without permission from US Fish and Wildlife Service since they manage the islands.
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WHOI marine chemist Chris Reddy holds a piece of debris found in 2011 on the Chandeleur Islands off the coast of Louisiana. It was one of many that began appearing in 2010 on coastal beaches in Louisiana and Alabama coated with oil. Reddys lab used comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography to determine the oil on the debris was a match for that sampled directly from the broken pipe at the Macondo well below the Deepwater Horizon rig. With additional detective work, Reddy and WHOI researcher Catherine Carmichael traced the source of the debris to the rig and to explosion that blew it apart.
Photo by Catherine Carmichael
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
This image is not to be used without permission from US Fish and Wildlife Service since they manage the islands.
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