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Photos From The Gulf: Oily Ecosystems Near BP's Well

Researchers studying the effects of the BP oil spill are journeying to the seafloor aboard a small submarine named Alvin. They're finding a layer of oily sediment atop the normal gray mud. Though oil does naturally seep from the floor in some parts of the gulf, the effects of the massive deluge of oil are still unknown.

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