Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Photographs

1989-1990. Photographs by E.R. Gundlach unless noted. Contact Info: ErichEti@cs.com

Spill conditions: 33,000 tons of Beaufort Sea crude oil in Prince William Sound, 24 March 1989.

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Day 1.5. Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef and spilling oil, 26 March 1989. Download.

 
Day 1.5. Large expanse of oil on water, with limited equipment deployed. Exxon Valdez in far background. 26 March 1989. Download.

Exxon Valdez after moving to safe location near Naked Island. 1 May 1989. Download.

 
Exxon Valdez on 21 June 1989. Download.
Heavily oiled gravels, Smith Island. 7 August 1989. Download.
Heavily oiled gravel-boulder beach, Smith Island. April 1989. Download.
High-pressure hosing with deluge treatment at Smith Island. 2 May 1989. Download.
High-pressure hosing with deluge treatment at Smith Island. 2 May 1989. Download.
Pressure wash and deluge during test of shoreline cleaning agent. 18 May 1989. Download.
Articulated arm, high-pressure, hot-water 'omni-boom' in south Herring Bay. 20 June 1989. Download.
Close-up of 'omni-boom' wash. 22 July 1989. Download.
'Omni-boom' system working at Green Island. 25 May 1989. Download.
Release of oil and fine-grained (suspended) sediments during beach washing. 22 May 1989. Download.
Cleanup at Sleepy Bay at end of the (first) season. 3 September 1989. Download.
Heavy oiling at Point Helen. 9 April 1989. (Start of sequence showing initial and follow-up cleanup). Download.
Heavy oiling at Point Helen. 9 April 1989. (The rock in background is a point of reference for photo comparison.) Download.
Task Forces cleaning Point Helen, 3 September 1989. Download.
Point Helen after cleanup and natural winter cleansing. 22 March 1990. Download.
Ground view, Point Helen after cleanup and natural winter cleansing. 22 March 1990. The next photograph is located to the left of this photo. Download.
Oil remained buried in the upper berm area where 'omni-booms' and natural cleansing couldn't reach. 16 March 1990. Download.
Berm breakdown, tilling and shoreline treatment at Sleepy Bay. 7 September 1990. Download.
Berm breakdown, tilling and shoreline treatment at Sleepy Bay. 7 September 1990. Download.
Ground view of tilling at Sleepy Bay. 9 September 1990. Download.
Rock wiping at oiled site on the Alaska Peninsula, over 350 miles from the spill site. 11 August 1989. Download.