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Free-air gravity anomaly over the Chicxulub structure (coastline and state boundaries shown as black lines) The Chicxulub crater ( IPA: [t͡ʃikʃuˈluɓ] ⓘ cheek-shoo-LOOB) is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is offshore, but the crater is named after the onshore community of Chicxulub Pueblo ...
The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [2] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [3] It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco ...
LOOP Pumping Platform Complex. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port ( LOOP) is a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico 29 kilometers (18 nautical miles) [1] off the coast of Louisiana near the town of Port Fourchon. LOOP provides tanker offloading and temporary storage services for crude oil transported on some of the largest tankers in the world.
Satellite imagery of the Gulf of Mexico. Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico is a major source of oil and natural gas in the United States. The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum-producing areas of the United States. Oil production from US ...
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As seen from space by the Terra satellite on 24 May 2010. Location. Macondo Prospect ( Mississippi Canyon Block 252), in the North-central Gulf of Mexico, United States (south of Louisiana) Coordinates. 28°44′17″N 88°21′58″W. / 28.73806°N 88.36611°W / 28.73806; -88.36611.
The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers east near 36°N latitude (North Carolina) and moves toward Northwest Europe as the North Atlantic Current. The process of western intensification ...
Canopus. Canopus is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and the second-brightest star in the night sky. It is also designated α Carinae, which is romanized ( transliterated) to Alpha Carinae. With a visual apparent magnitude of −0.74, it is outshone only by Sirius .
Paulette and Rene can be seen swirling on this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, satellite image.The tropical storms can be seen in the image above to the right of center, while disturbed areas east of ...