NASA Photo ID: STS045-152-179      File Name: 10064745.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/02/92
  Title: Oil Slick, Arabian Sea, Oman
  Description:
  In this sunglint view of the Arabian Seacoast of Oman (19.0N, 59.0E) an oil 
  slick is highlighted on the water's surface by sunglint lighting
  conditions.   Nearly 50 percent of the oil transported worldwide passes
  through the Gulf of  Oman, en route from the Persian Gulf and numerous ship
  wakes can be seen in  this view.  The oil slick, rounding the tip of Cape
  Ras Al Hadd, has formed  a counterclockwise bright spiral indicating the
  local ocean currents.                  
  Subject terms:
  ARABIAN SEA                             
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  GULFS                                   
  OCEANS                                  
  OIL POLLUTION                           
  OMAN                                    
  STS-45                                  
  WATER POLLUTION                         
  

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