Second dome goes down to plug Gulf spill

The oil spill has been growing at a rate of an estimated 210,000 gallons a day. Photo: NASA.

The second of BP’s spill containment domes was deployed yesterday in another to attempt to cap off the main oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. However, the action is not yet completed, and there will still be tense moments in the hook-up phase yet to come. The dome has ...

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