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Sampling Sundown East\'s oil spill

A man wearing a navy "Strike Team" cap, sunglasses, and a Coast Guard uniform crouches to collect a water sample with a gloved hand near an oil-stained shoreline with industrial structures in the background.

Collection

USCG Released photos, Hurricane Katrina

POTASH, La. (Sept. 17, 2005) Petty Officer 1st Class Quoen Harris of Atlantic Strike Team based in Fort Dix, N.J., takes a sample at the Sundown East oil spill site in Hurricane Katrina affected southeast Louisiana, Sept. 16, 2005. USCG photo by PO Mariana O'Leary. 050917-C-9889O-001

Citation

“Sampling Sundown East\'s oil spill,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/2412.