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Image : A Small Sip from a Big Gusher

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Bob Nelson with the locked refrigerator where Deepwater Horizon samples were held before processing
After receiving the Isobaric Gas-Tight samplers containing samples of material from the broken wellhead, WHOI's Bob Nelson stored them in a locked refrigerator until they could be tapped to extract the oil and gas in them. Coast Guard Lt. Joseph Kusek observes.
(Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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Last updated: April 28, 2011
 


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