Once a week I get an email from NASA called the Earth Observatory. This week they highlighted, among other places, eastern South Korea where the recent oil spill occurred.

The news here is thick with stories on the spill and how thousands of Koreans and foreigners alike have turned out to help clean the coast. The link above goes to the general story, but clicking on the image gives you a much larger view where you can see the extent the spill has penetrated the rugged coast. The Koreans are fairly upset about it. I can’t blame them – its blackened some very ecologically (and economically) sensitive areas. It’s all a bad accident caused by a ship that came un-moored in high seas and ran into a old single-hulled tanker.

There’s a link at the bottom of the page I link if you’re interested in subscribing to NASA’s  emails. I’m a geography hound and have always enjoyed their articles and hi-res pictures.