Get Mauritius Oil Spill Satellite Images Gif. Satellite photos show how much oil has polluted mauritius' waters (image: The mv wakashio hit a coral reef, pointe d'esny, on 25 july while carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil.

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The ship was carrying nearly 4,000 tons of fuel when its. The satellite images clearly show the 300m long and 50m wide ship trying hard to get out of the coral reef with help of some smaller ships. A 'state of environmental emergency' has been declared prime minister pravind jugnauth appealed for help as satellite images showed a dark slick spreading in the turquoise waters near areas that the.

Satellite images, which show the dark slick spreading in the nearby waters, are being used to monitor the ongoing spill.

This satellite image provided maxar technologies shows the mv wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of mauritius. A japanese cargo ship struck a reef off the coast of mauritius more than two weeks ago and has now leaked more than 1,000 metric tons of oil into. Aerial and satellite images showed the size of the spill tainting the blue waters of the indian ocean. Jean aurelio prudence/l'express maurice/afp via getty images.