I obtain a lot of traffic to The Conservation Report from people searching these words or phrases:

“Oil spill”
“Exxon Valdez”
“Pictures of the Exxon Valdez oil spill”
“Exxon Valdez oil spill effects”

I have had very few images from Exxon Valdez disaster, but I have written about the subject here. To help folks researching the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster, I have provided the following images from www.photolib.noaa.gov:

The Exxon Valdez oil spill:

Image ID: line1526, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

The Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup:

Image ID: line1527, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

The Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup:

Image ID: line1529, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

The Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup:

Image ID: line1532, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

The Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup:

Image ID: line1533, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

The Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup:

Image ID: line1535, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

Given the date of the Exxon Valdez oil spill (March 24, 1989), these harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) are probably immatures or female ducks, but they could be soiled male ducks in full plumage:

Image ID: line1537, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) being checked:

Image ID: line1538, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

Harbor seal(?) coated with oil:

Image ID: line1540, NOAA’s America’s Coastlines Collection
Location: Prince William Sound area, Alaska
Credit: EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council

I believe these birds are guillemots and not loons, and they are definitely not ducks or cormorants:

Photo courtesy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council

On the Net: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Could It Happen Again?
On the Net: Habitat Assessment: Lingering Exxon Valdez Oil
On the Net: Habitat Assessment: Pacific Herring and Oil
On the Net: Habitat Assessment: Differing Perspectives on Effects of Oil Spill

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