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Workers try to contain nearly 9,000 barrels of fuel oil that spilled from a barge after it was struck by another ship into the Mississippi River, Jesuit Bend, Louisiana, 24 July, 2008.

58 miles of the river was closed down between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.

This image was taken July 24, the accident occurred on July 23.

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