DRC Photo Contest

Chris Danals. First Engineer, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. Photo of oil burning as a response method in the Gulf of Mexico. Taken from the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in June 2010.

Chris Danals. First Engineer, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. Photo of oil burning as a response method in the Gulf of Mexico. Taken from the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in June 2010.

Ashok Deshpande, Sandy Hook Laboratory, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service. Photo of CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) and Rosette Sampling from RV Henry Bigelow during August 2010 Deepwater Horizon monitoring cruise.

Ashok Deshpande, Sandy Hook Laboratory, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service. Photo of Ships and Platforms involved in response taken from RV Henry Bigelow during August 2010 Deepwater Horizon monitoring cruise.

Kevin Flanagan, NOAA Special Agent, Office of Law Enforcement, New Bedford, Mass. Deepwater Horizon Law Enforcement Patrol, July 13, 2010, Intracoastal City (Louisiana-Deepwater Horizon Closed Waters).

CDR Timothy J Gallagher, Executive Officer, Emergency Response Division, National Ocean Service. Multiple in situ burn operations; June 16, 2010, taken in vicinity of Deepwater Horizon Macondo wellhead.

Amy Kennedy, Large Whale Project Manager, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Center. Deepwater Horizon Skimming Operations with Vessels of Opportunity.

Amy Kennedy, Large Whale Project Manager, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Center. Evidence of response personnel in the Louisiana marshes.

Ed Levine, Scientific Support Coordinator, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service. Perspective of a U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, September 5, 2005, New Orleans, La., during Hurricane Katrina rescue operations.

Ed Levine, Scientific Support Coordinator, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service. Perspective of a U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, September 5, 2005, New Orleans, La., during Hurricane Katrina rescue operations.

Vicki Loe, Communications Coordinator, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service. Workers in Port Fourchon, La., clean a ship of accumulated oil following the Deepwater Horizon spill on May 31, 2010, before it continues up the Mississippi River.

NOAA Ship Pisces. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. Beach clean up workers along a Louisiana barrier island during the Deepwater Horizon response.

NOAA Ship Pisces. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. Aerial view of the NOAA Ship Pisces among a multitude Deepwater Horizon response vessels.

NOAA Ship Pisces. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. NOAA Ship Pisces in close quarters with other response vessels during the Deepwater Horizon response.

Debbie Payton, Emergency Response Division Chief, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service. Booming an oil tank damaged by Hurricane Rita, Louisiana (2005).

Debbie Payton, Emergency Response Division Chief, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service. Oil vacuum response activities in Louisiana, in response to damage caused by Hurricane Rita in 2005.