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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

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Description

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