Erin Siegal

Photo Essays: Oil Spill

A drop of washed up oil stains the sand at Ocean Beach, in San Francisco, California Friday, November 9. 2007. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
  
Spreading oil was reported off the California coast as far as 15 miles north of the Bay Friday, November 9, 2007. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
   
A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday November 7, 2007, closing beached throughout the Bay Area and killing hundreds of birds.
     
  
An oil soaked Surf Scoter bird is carefully washed with dishwashing soap and warm water at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia, Calif. Saturday, November 10. 2007. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
  
A oil stained bird sits watching humans at Ocean Beach, in San Francisco, California Friday, November 9. 2007. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
  
A oil stained sanderling, a small shorebird, attempts to preen oil from its feathers on the coast of Ocean Beach, San Francisco on Friday, November 9. 2007. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
     
  
An oil soaked bird is wrapped in a towel before its examination at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia, Calif. Saturday, November 10. 2007. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
  
An oil soaked bird is fed by volunteer Rachel Avilla (left) and Michelle Bellizzi, rehabilitation manager, at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia, Calif. Saturday, November 10. 2007. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
  
NRC Environmental Services employees clean up oil from a beach November 9, 2007 in Marin, California. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
     
  
   
A protective boom floats in the water below the Golden Gate Bridge at Crissy Field in San Francisco, California November 9, 2007.A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
  
NRC Environmental Services employees clean up oil from a beach November 9, 2007 in Marin, California. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
     
  
Oil soaked birds are dried after washing at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia, Calif. Saturday, November 10. 2007. A reported 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into the bay after a container ship crashed into a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.