Aqua satellite sees sunglint on Gulf oil slick
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 14:31
in Astronomy & Space
At 3 p.m. EDT on May 18, NASA's Aqua satellite swept over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill from its vantage point in space and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument captured sunglints in a visible image of the spill.