Oil spill in Queensland, Australia
Cyclones just off of Australia's Queensland coast earlier this week resulted in an oil spill along the Sunshine Coast, eastern Australia. Hong Kong-based vessel the Pacific Adventurer, was caught in the rough seas, causing its hull to pierce and around 11,000 gallons of oil to be spilled into the sea. Nearly 40 miles of Australian beaches have been blackened by oil spilled by the cargo ship leading the state premier to declare the area a disaster zone and warn that the ship's operators could face legal action
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A nature conservation officer carries a pelican, covered in oil, from the beach on Moreton Island near Brisbane, Australia
Photograph: Tertius Pickard/AP
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A conservation officer looks out over the oil spill on the beach on Moreton Island near Brisbane, Australia
Photograph: Tertius Pickard/AP
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A pelican is seen in front of the Hong Kong cargo ship Pacific Adventurer docked at Hamilton Wharf
Photograph: Tony Phillips/EPA
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Council workers begin clean up at low tide on Marcoola beach, Moreton Island, Queensland
Photograph: Megan Slade/Rex Features
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Aerial view of the oil spill on a beach. TV crews film the spill on Moreton Island, Queensland
Photograph: David Kapernick/Rex Features
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A general view from Kawana beach is seen with the effects of an oil slick which from the container ship Pacific Adventurer
Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
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A dead blowfish is seen in the oil slick on Marcoola beach yesterday
Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
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Four-wheel drive tracks cut through a huge oil slick that blackens the sand of pristine beach near Cape Moreton on Moreton Island, Queensland, yesterday
Photograph: Dave Hunt/Getty
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Oil blackens the sand of a beach closed due to an oil slick at Marcoola
Photograph: Steve Gray/EPA
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Spectators watch as oil-filled waves wash on to Coolum beach
Photograph: Dennis Passa/AP
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The start of the clean-up of a huge oil slick on Warana beach
Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA
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A huge oil slick on Warana beach has been labelled an 'environmental disaster' by the government of Queensland
Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA
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Spilt oil is shown leaking from the Hong Kong cargo ship Pacific Adventurer docked at Hamilton Wharf in Brisbane
Photograph: EPA
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The path to the beach is blocked as council workers use heavy machinery to remove contaminated sand in Coolum, Queensland
Photograph: Paul Harris/Getty
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Clean-up starts on the huge oil slick on Warana beach
Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA
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A nature conservation officer catches a pelican covered in oil
Photograph: Tertius Pickard/AP
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A tourist photographs the oil spill on the beach
Photograph: Tertius Pickard/AP
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Clean-up starts on oil deposits washed up on Maroochydore beach after more than 30 tonnes of fuel oil leaked into the ocean
Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA
