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Giant oil slick off Oman's coast is visible from space now

Giant oil slick spreads off the coast of Oman and can be seen from space
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A huge oil slick, visible in satellite images, is spreading in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of Oman. According to an estimate by Brendan Jarrell of the organization SkyTruth, the slick covered about 149 km² on Nov. 6, and in images from Nov. 8 it was already roughly 288 km², an international news agency reports.

That is more than half the area of Prague and about nine tenths of the island nation of Malta. Experts who were consulted confirmed that the appearance of the patches in the images is consistent with oil pollution, but the exact origin of the slick has not yet been determined.

On Monday, the city of Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates, not far from Oman, closed one of its beaches because of oil pollution. Authorities gave no details.

Since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, which also threatens commercial shipping, oil slicks have been appearing in the region more often. On Saturday, the British organization UKMTO reported an incident in the Gulf of Oman involving a bulk carrier and military forces, about 18 nautical miles (around 33 km) east of Khor Fakkan. It is unclear whether the beach closure is connected to that incident.

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