Excellent news that the well is capped and plugged; also excellent news that much of the oil has either been collected or dispersed. This wasn't the Cuyahoga River moment it could have been; the oppressive heat waves being felt in many parts of the world seem to be having some effect, though (particularly if President Medvedev gets listened to in Russia).
Here's an image from the German TerraSAR-X satellite. SAR is Synthetic Aperture Radar; radar picks up oil on the surface well because the oil damps the wave action. This is a big image so I'm just linking to it.
TerraSAR, Gulf of Mexico, July 6, 2010
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