A large explosion aboard the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon — located about 52 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana — occurred around 03 UTC on 21 April 2010. McIDAS images of GOES-13 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and GOES-13 Visible (0.65 µm) data (above) showed a “hot spot” (darker black pixels) associated with... Read More