40 photos of the BP party including dolphins swimming under oily water (not horrific looking)

[flamingdem]

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly_in_the.html

In the three weeks since the April 20th explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the start of the subsequent massive (and ongoing) oil leak, many attempts have been made to contain and control the scale of the environmental disaster. Oil dispersants are being sprayed, containment booms erected, protective barriers built, controlled burns undertaken, and devices are being lowered to the sea floor to try and cap the leaks, with little success to date. While tracking the volume of the continued flow of oil is difficult, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil (possibly much more) continues to pour into the gulf every day. While visible damage to shorelines has been minimal to date as the oil has spread slowly, the scene remains, in the words of President Obama, a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster." (40 photos total)

[lonestarnot]

1. Not looking as it is horrific. They will die terrible deaths even though they appear fine swimming

under oily water.

[flamingdem]

2. Does any exposure = death for dolphins? I read that was true for the birds nt

[Contrary1]

3. Not horrific...just very sad. n/t

[aquart]

4. Happy before death. How nice.

They were, perhaps, planning to use these pictures to paint a safe, happy picture of deepwater drilling?

[Lorien]

5. No, but the photos of the oil soaked birds were.

:-(