After a weekend boat collision caused 168,000 gallons of oil to spill into the Port of Houston, cleanup workers spread viscous snare line to snag oil Monday, March 24, along East Beach in Galveston, Texas.
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After a weekend boat collision caused 168,000 gallons of oil to spill into the Port of Houston, cleanup workers spread viscous snare line to snag oil Monday, March 24, along East Beach in Galveston, Texas.
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A boat drags an oil boom out into the water along East Beach on March 24.
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A boat drags an oil boom out into the water along East Beach on March 24.
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A vessel surrounded by a sheen of oil floats near Galveston on Sunday, March 23.
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A vessel surrounded by a sheen of oil floats near Galveston on Sunday, March 23.
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A bird's oil-covered body lies on the Galveston shore on March 23.
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A bird's oil-covered body lies on the Galveston shore on March 23.
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Oil booms cut across a sand bar on Galveston's Pelican Island on March 23.
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Oil booms cut across a sand bar on Galveston's Pelican Island on March 23.
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Vessels work with skimmers and oil booms in Galveston Harbor on March 23.
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Vessels work with skimmers and oil booms in Galveston Harbor on March 23.
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