{"id":1019,"date":"2010-05-25T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/space_images_show_spreading_oil_spill\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:34:57","slug":"space_images_show_spreading_oil_spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/nb\/space_images_show_spreading_oil_spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Rombilder viser at oljeutslippet sprer seg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Millioner av mennesker i den s\u00f8rlige delen av USA f\u00f8lger med i spenning mens et enormt, brunt monster virvler rundt utenfor kysten, klar til \u00e5 dekke til den n\u00e6rliggende kysten. Monsteret det er snakk om, er en enorm oljeflekk som driver rundt, prisgitt vind og havstr\u00f8mmer. Hvis den kommer i land, vil viktige fiskeomr\u00e5der, turiststrender og hekkeomr\u00e5der for dyrelivet bli begravd under tykt, klebrig slam. Det truer med en stor milj\u00f8katastrofe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fjernm\u00e5lingssatellitter fra mange land, blant annet ESAs Envisat, overv\u00e5ker oljeflekkens bevegelser d\u00f8gnet rundt. Optiske instrumenter om bord p\u00e5 romfart\u00f8yene kan registrere utslippet p\u00e5 havoverflaten om dagen, n\u00e5r det er skyfritt. Radarinstrumenter kan se oljeflaket om natten og under skydekke, samtidig som de gir informasjon om havoverflatens ujevnheter og str\u00f8mforholdene. Dette gj\u00f8r det mulig \u00e5 beregne i hvilken retning forurensningen kan spre seg.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1428\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2010\/04\/Envisat_optical_image2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2010\/04\/envisat_optical_image2\/17891835-2-eng-GB\/Envisat_optical_image.jpg\" alt=\"Envisat optical image\"><figcaption>Optisk bilde fra Envisat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Krisen begynte 22. april, etter at en boreplattform eksploderte og sank i Mexicogolfen. Siden da har tusenvis av fat r\u00e5olje lekket ut hver dag fra en skadet oljebr\u00f8nn, 1,5 km under boreplattformen. I l\u00f8pet av fire dager hadde oljeutslippet spredt seg over et omr\u00e5de som var 77 km langt og 63 km bredt. I begynnelsen viste satellittbilder at oljen ble drevet mot kysten av Louisiana, men heldigvis snudde vinden, og oljeflaket har for det meste holdt seg p\u00e5 \u00e5pent hav.<\/p>\n<p>Bilder fra rommet viser imidlertid n\u00e5 en lang oljetunge som sprer seg s\u00f8rover. Den 19. mai viste radarbilder fra Envisat at den hadde kommet inn i en kraftig havstr\u00f8m som kunne f\u00f8re oljen s\u00f8rover mot Floridas vakre korallrev.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of people in the southern United States are watching with bated breath as a huge, brown monster swirls around offshore, preparing to smother the nearby coast. 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