It’s just 18 months since the Gulf Oil Spill, one of the largest environmental disasters in history. It’s sad just how dependent we are on this highly politicised resource.
Here Brooklyn-based animator Chris Harmon has produced a numbers-driven infographic animation illustrating the exact scale of the spill by exploring what could’ve been done with the 205,000,000 (that’s million) gallons that poured into the Gulf.
The Photo advertising this post (and left) is by Edward Burtynsky, he almost makes these massive rigs look beautiful – this on is SOCAR Oil Fields #6 Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006. See more HERE