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Routine Pollution Monitoring by Canada's RADARSAT-1 Satellite Captures the Terra Nova Oil Spill

The accidental oil spill from the Terra Nova platform off the coast of Newfoundland can be seen in this RADARSAT-1 image acquired November 23, 2004.

The image was acquired for the Government of Canada's Integrated Satellite Tracking o Polluters (ISTOP) program, which monitors accidental and illegal oil spills from space to help protect the environment.

RADARSAT-1 data © Canadian Space Agency/Agence spatiale canadienne 2004. Received by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Processed and distributed by RADARSAT International.



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