New Orleans photographer Jerry Moran and our sampling team has collected samples and taken photos of oil and chemical dispersants used in the BP Gulf Oil Spill all over Barataria Bay located in southeastern Louisiana spreading across in Jefferson Parish and Plaquemines Parish.

On the ground in Barataria Bay with New Orleans photographer Jerry Moran and our sampling team: Strongbear, Brian Moore from Boston Chemical, charter boat Capt. Al Walker and Tracy Palmisano.

FROM JERRY:

I took all images on Aug. 24 in the area of Latitude 29,26.2183N, Longitude 89,50.1794W.

8/24/10 Barataria Bay, La.  Images all in area of Lat  29,26.2183N Long 89,50.1794W, Continuing the  sampling of the gulf coast with Boston Chemical Data, www.labs.pro, accompanied by Strongbear,  Brian Moore from Boston Chemical and Boat Captain Al Walker and Tracy Palmisano. Today we were taking several types on samples from the Bay including bottom and top water samples adjacent to oiled shorelines including thick orange oil stirred up from the bay bottom, water column samples from different levels in  deeper waters near Four Bayou Pass,  more samples of sheen and dispersant related foam, and beach samples from an island I have visited several times  about 4 miles east of Grand Isle which has never been cleaned. Lat 29,19.1787N Long 89,50.4223W Pictured here is  Brian sampling oil on shore and below surface at “oil island” east of Grand Isle.

Our team is back at it, sampling the Gulf Coast. On this particular day, we were taking several types of samples from the Barataria Bay, including bottom and top water samples adjacent to oiled shorelines.


We also took samples of thick orange oil stirred up from the bay bottom and water column samples from different levels in deeper waters near Four Bayou Pass. Here we pulled more samples of sheen and dispersant related foam, and beach samples from an island I have visited several times about 4 miles east of Grand Isle, which to my knowledge has never been cleaned.

Stay tuned…results to follow.

© Smith Stag, LLC 2010 – All Rights Reserved