Photo of the Day: Chocolate Pudding
Although it resembles one giant bowl of fudge, today's image isn't as tasty. It actually shows a one-ton pile of tarball material recovered off of the coast of Florida. And what exactly is tarball material? According to NOAA, tarballs are "remnants of oil spills" that when mixed with water form what "looks like chocolate pudding."
Check out our slideshow of photos from the Gulf oil spill, which we update daily.
This article is part of an ongoing investigation:
The BP oil disaster in the Gulf has had untold health, economic and environmental effects.
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