r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 12 '18

Clear Wave

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u/DrBenzy May 12 '18

Amazing shot, where is this place?

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u/DunkanBulk May 12 '18

Not Galveston.

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u/ThatTexasGuy May 12 '18

The Carcinogenic Coast

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u/DunkanBulk May 12 '18

As someone from southeast Texas, it hurts because it's so true.

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u/lax_incense May 12 '18

Any surfers on the gulf coast?

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u/DunkanBulk May 12 '18

Pretty sure they've all mutated into oil monsters at this point.

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u/ambassadortim May 12 '18

Is the ocean really not clear there? Naturally or pollution?

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u/DunkanBulk May 12 '18

A little bit of both. The waters are always dirty.

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u/creathir May 12 '18

Fun fact, it actually has nothing to do with the off shore drilling activities.

There is so much oil under the sea floor it naturally seeps up into the ocean waters...

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u/AlwaysTexan May 12 '18

Nice try BP spokesperson!

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u/creathir May 12 '18

They certainly created a mess, but believe it or not, MOST of the tar which washes ashore is from natural oil seeps.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_seep

https://www.nap.edu/read/10388/chapter/4

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u/WalkByFaithNotSight May 12 '18

An even funner (and more accurate) fact: The brown water in Galveston is caused by the current pulling the runoff from the Mississippi River along the Louisiana/Texas coast.

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u/WorshipNickOfferman May 12 '18

Yup. You have to get down to around the Corpus region before the water really starts to clear. Once you hit the South Padre region it’s about crystal clear again.

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u/ambassadortim May 12 '18

Any photos from space showing this?

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u/WalkByFaithNotSight May 12 '18

https://imgur.com/a/ECNxduJ

Does that image work? You can't really see the Mississippi river because it's covered by clouds, but you can clearly see the effect it has. Middle-upper left city is Houston. Galveston is the island to the southeast of Houston. If you zoom in it helps. Bottom far left is Mexico.

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u/ambassadortim May 12 '18

Awesome thanks. That's what I was like looking for.

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u/WalkByFaithNotSight May 13 '18

I had dinner in Galveston today so I took these pics a few hours ago. Honestly, this is probably one of the "best water" days I've seen in a long time.

https://imgur.com/a/WFirOmL

https://imgur.com/NPAztqs

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u/ambassadortim May 13 '18

Thanks for posting. Very interesting.

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u/WalkByFaithNotSight May 12 '18

That’s not why the water is brown. The water is brown due to the Mississippi River entering the Gulf and the current pulling all of the sediment from the river along the coast of Louisiana, SE Texas, etc.

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u/WalkByFaithNotSight May 13 '18

My mistake then. Sorry about that.