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The Big Bang! An old non-producing oil platform is being removedby detonating explosives below the sea floor to sever the legs. The detonationoccurred after a NOAA/NMFS marine observer conducted an aerial survey to assureno sea turtles or marine mammals were in the vicinity prior to the use ofexplosives.
Photographer
Todd Kihle
Display Date
2003 November 11
Location
Louisiana, offshore
Collection
Fisheries
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA
NMFS
SEFSC
Galveston Bay Lab
Keywords
NOAA 200th Photo Contest