Smoke billows over a controlled oil fire in the Gulf of Mexico off Venice, La., May 5, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard, working with BP, local residents and federal agencies, conducted the burn to help prevent the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling unit. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin E. Stumberg Satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as of May 4, 2010. Photo image by NOAA The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender Cutter Oak prepares oil spill recovery equipment while moored on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., May 4, 2010. The 50-member crew left the station May 4 to support cleanup efforts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast. U.S. Navy photo by Anne Thrower Louisiana National Guard members meet with a Coast Guard official to discuss operations at the U.S. Coast Guard Command Post in Houma, La., May 4. The Louisiana guard is working closely with the Coast Guard to identify and develop opportunities to assist in affected parishes as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Owens U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Hilton R. Lloyd, left, a Louisiana National Guardsman with the State Aviation Command, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kevin P. Dares, the State Aviation Command admin officer, discuss flight locations for the day's missions at the governor's office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La., May 4, in support of the oil spill response. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Owens A team of U.S. Air Force aerial spray aircraft maintainers move a chemical pump into position in order to refill a chemical dispersing C-130 aircraft at Stennis International Airport in Kiln, Miss., May 4, 2010. The airmen are assigned to the 910th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station, Ohio. Members of the 910th Airlift Wing were in Mississippi to help with the oil spill clean up. U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
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