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Oil on the ocean’s surface near Huntington Beach, where more than 126,000 gallons poured from an offshore oil platform
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
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The spill from an offshore oil rig blackened the sand at Huntington Beach
Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian
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A gull sits near oil-slicked waters
Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian
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A tangle of oil-soaked kelp and other marine plants at Huntington Beach
Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian
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Daniel Orr, left, and Peter Boucher, environmental scientists with the California department of fish and wildlife, collect samples from the sand to assess the ecological impact from the spill
Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian
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Peter Boucher holds up a sample containing a still living sand crab, pulled from beneath the oil-tinged tide
Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian
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A floating barrier used to contain the spill
Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian
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Officials scrambled to create a berm to stop the spread of oil into a canal at Huntington Beach
Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian
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In an aerial view, a boom contains oil-contaminated water
Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Oil on the waves leaves trails up the sand at Huntington Beach
Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian
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Fouled equipment as crews scramble to contain the crude oil
Photograph: Ringo HW Chiu/AP
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Cleanup crews work to mitigate the damage in an ecological estuary
Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters
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