{"id":5902,"date":"2010-06-25T19:13:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2010-06-25T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T21:12:19","slug":"update-on-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-slick-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/5902","title":{"rendered":"Update on the Gulf of Mexico oil slick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/06\/100625_modis_truecolor_falsecolor_anim.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"MODIS true color (using bands 1\/4\/3) and false color (using bands 7\/2\/1) RGB images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/06\/100625_modis_truecolor_falsecolor_anim.gif\" alt=\"MODIS true color (using bands 1\/4\/3) and false color (using bands 7\/2\/1) RGB images\" width=\"480\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">MODIS true color (using bands 1\/4\/3) and false color (using bands 7\/2\/1) RGB images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A comparison of 250-meter resolution MODIS true color <em>(created using bands 1\/4\/3)<\/em> and false color <em>(created using bands 7\/2\/1)<\/em> images on <strong>25 June 2010<\/strong> from the <a title=\"SSEC MODIS Today site\" href=\"http:\/\/ge.ssec.wisc.edu\/modis-today\/index.php?satellite=t1&amp;product=true_color&amp;date=2010_06_25_176&amp;overlay_sector=false&amp;overlay_state=true&amp;overlay_coastline=true\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SSEC MODIS Today<\/strong><\/a> site <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed the extent of the surface oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig accident.<\/p>\n<p>AWIPS images of early morning POES AVHRR 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible and 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR data <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> revealed a thin smoke plume drifting northwestward from a small fire hot spot <em>(orange color enhancement)<\/em> due to a fire that was set to burn off some of the surface oil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/06\/100625_avhrr_vis_swir_anim.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"POES AVHRR 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible and 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2010\/06\/100625_avhrr_vis_swir_anim.gif\" alt=\"POES AVHRR 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible and 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR images\" width=\"480\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">POES AVHRR 0.63 \u00c2\u00b5m visible and 3.7 \u00c2\u00b5m shortwave IR images<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comparison of 250-meter resolution MODIS true color (created using bands 1\/4\/3) and false color (created using bands 7\/2\/1) images on 25 June 2010 from the SSEC MODIS Today site (above) showed the extent of the surface oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig accident. 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