Photo gallery: Aerial views of the Gulf oil spill
An oilfield workboat plows through the floating oil just off the coast of Grand Isle, La. as the crude makes landfall on Louisiana’s barrier island beaches and inundates Barataria Bay, even as oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. PHOTO BY TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
An oilfield workboat uses a oil containment boom to collect oil floating as far as the eye can see off the coast of Grand Isle, , La., as the crude makes landfall on Louisiana’s barrier island beaches and inundates Barataria Bay, even as oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. PHOTO BY TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
A pool of oil is trapped in a tide pool on a barrier island just east of Grand Isle, La., killing the vegetation along the edges as oil streams into Barataria Bay, inundating the inside waters north of Grand Isle, even as oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. PHOTO BY TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
With a bird rookery in the foreground, oil streams into Barataria Bay, inundating the inside waters north of Grand Isle, La., even as oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. PHOTO BY TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
Heavy crude collects on the beach as small boats sit off the inland point of Coup Abel Pass of the Grand Terre Islands as oil inundates Barataria Bay, even as oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. PHOTO BY TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
Boats leave a trail through the oil coating the water’s surface and inundating Barataria Bay through passes between Louisiana’s barrier islands just east of Grand Isle, La., even as oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. PHOTO BY TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
A shrimp trawler drags oil containment booms in Barataria Bay, leaving a streak in the oil in the waters as crude makes landfall on Louisiana’s barrier island beaches and inundates Barataria Bay, even as oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. PHOTO BY TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
With Louisiana’s barrier islands in the background, looking south, oil streams into Barataria Bay, inundating the inside waters north of Grand Isle, La., even as oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. PHOTO BY TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE