Pensacola Beach: Not A 4th Of July Destination This Year

If you have ever visited the powder white sands on Pensacola Beach or swam in the pristine green waves, this will turn your stomach:

Boston Globe's The Big Picture Blog: "Oil Reaches Louisiana Shores"

Below are just two of the images of 39 which the Big Picture Blog has assimilated under the title of "Oil Reaches Louisiana Coast".

Each photo has a caption underneath. For instance, the first photo you see here has the caption "A young heron sits dying amidst oil splattering underneath mangrove on an island impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay, along the the coast of Louisiana on Sunday, May 23, 2010." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Click on the link "Oil Reaches Louisiana Shores" to see all the photos:

"Crude Awakening" - An infographic to help you understand the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico

"Crude Awakening"

- An inforgraphic to help you understand the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico and the incredible costs that will affect us all.

You'll want to see the graphic above blown up. Normally, images I provide on this blog can be clicked on to turn into something which will take up your whole computer monitor. However, this image will only double in size if you click on the image now. So it's important you go directly to the source to see the whole enchilada. You can click here . . . "Crude Awakening".