Interactive: Spread of oil in the gulf - Los Angeles Times
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Interactive: Spread of oil in the gulf

How the oil slick from the leaking well spread on the Gulf of Mexico’s surface since two days after the Deepwater Horizon exploded in April, based on 24-hour forecasts issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The slick has subsided since the well was capped in mid-July.

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Sources: Times reporting, GoogleEarth, Digital Globe, U.S. Geological Survey, ESRI, TeleAtlas. Graphics by Los Angeles Times staff. Interactivity by Lorena Iñiguez Elebee.

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