US Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Sawyer observes a controlled oil burn from the deck of Mark and Jace, a contracted shrimping vessel assisting with oil recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, in this photograph taken on May 5, 2010 and released May 6. The first oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico came ashore on a Louisiana island beach on Thursday as BP engineers prepared to start lowering a 98-ton metal chamber over the ruptured seabed well. [Photo/Agencies] |
