The VLCC tanker Amoco Cadiz oil spill. After the ship broke apart, its total cargo of 68.7 million gallons of oil spilled into the sea.

Image ID: line5123, NOAA's America's Coastlines Collection
Location: France, Brittany, Portsall Rocks
Photo Date: 1978 March 16
Credit: Collection of Doug Helton, NOAA/NOS/ORR

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