Boat wakes appear as slightly curved lines, accentuated by the pastel tones of the oil slick.

船尾呈略微弯曲的线条，浮油的柔和色调突显了这种感觉。

The oil slick is now 35 miles long.

这层浮油目前长35英里。

The oil slick resulted from an accident at the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

这片浮油是由于处于墨西哥湾的“深海地平线”钻井平台的一次事故造成的。

The oil slick can be seen just beyond the delta.

你可以看到浮油就在三角洲门口。

Storm surge from hurricane could bring oil slick inland.

飓风产生的风暴潮可将浮油带往内陆。

The good news is a hurricane can break up patches of oil slick.

好处是飓风能驱散成片的水面浮油。

Gulf of Mexico Oil Slick Images: Frequently Asked questions.

墨西哥湾浮油图片集：常见问题。

NASA satellites don't capture good images of the oil slick every day.

NASA的卫星并不是每天都能拍摄到符合要求的浮油图像。

The northwestern tip of the oil slick almost touches the Mississippi Delta.

海面浮油西北方的尖端几乎触及密西西比三角洲。

On May 1, most of the oil slick was southeast of the Mississippi Delta.

5月1日时，大部分浮油位于密西西比三角洲东南部。

The oil slick shows up very clearly in this image due to reflecting sunlight.

这幅图像中浮油通过阳光反射非常清楚地显现了出来。

By April 25, 2010 (top), a spreading oil slick was visible off the coast of Louisiana.

2010年4月25日(上图)，可以观测到路易斯安那州海岸远处有浮油蔓延。

Even on a clear day, an oil slick may be imperceptible in photo-like satellite images.

即使是在天气晴朗的日子，浮油也可能会在照片级卫星图像中难以辨认。

June 2010: oil on water has many appearances, at least part of the oil slick is pale grey.

2010年6月7日：海域上出现有大量的浮油。部分浮油呈现淡灰色。

The oil slick also blends with sediment washing into the Gulf from the Mississippi river.

浮油混合着沉积物从密西西比河拍打到海湾。

As the flood crested, an oil slick caught fire and burned our house down to the waterline.

洪峰到来时，水面上的一层油膜不幸着火，把我家的房子吃水线以上部分全部烧塌。

May 2010: Two weeks after the explosion, an oil slick lingered not far from the Mississippi Delta.

2010年5月4日：燃油爆炸两星期后，一条浮油在离密西西比河三角洲不远处逗留。

The front of the oil slick is a rounded, ghostly arm reaching toward the tip of the Mississippi Delta.

浮油的前锋呈圆形，就像一条幽灵的手臂正在伸向密西西比三角洲的尖端。

Although photographs show that the damaged rig was leaking oil, no oil slick is obvious in this image.

尽管照片显示受损的钻塔正在漏泄石油，但是浮油在照片上很明显。

The oil slick resulted from an explosion that occurred on April 20, 2010, on the Deepwater Horizon rig.

海面浮油来自2010年4月20日发生于“深水地平线”钻井平台的爆炸。

Given enough time, "the wind will have plenty of opportunity to blow [the oil slick] any direction it wants."

而只要有足够的时间，风就有可能将浮油吹向任何方向。此外，环流也在不断地变化。

The oil slick appears as dull gray interlocking comma shapes, one opaque and the other nearly transparent.

浮油的形状看起来像是两个无光泽的灰色逗号连在一起，其中之一较为浑浊，另一个几近透明。

Information about the impact of the oil slick on wildlife is provided by the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service.

有关浮油对野生动物影响的信息由美国鱼类和野生生物局提供。

Seafood samples are also chemically analyzed for hydrocarbons and the dispersant BP sprayed on the oil slick.

海产品样本还进行了化学成分分析，目的就是样本中是否含有英国石油公司在石油泄漏海域喷洒的碳氢化合物及石油分解剂。

In the top image, the Mississippi Delta is at image centre, and the oil slick is a silvery swirl to the right.

图像的上部，密西西比三角洲位于正中。浮油似银色的漩涡流向右边。

The view may be cloudy or hazy, and if the oil slick location is near the edge of the image, it will be blurry.

视图可能阴沉而朦胧，如果浮油区域靠近图像边缘的话，则会显得模糊。

Workers are racing against time to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil slick hitting the coast of the southern United States.

工人们正争分夺秒地阻止墨西哥湾的漏油流向美国南部海岸。

Sunlight bouncing off the ocean surface gives the oil slick a mirror-like reflection easily detected by satellite sensors.

阳光闪耀着海面，使卫星传感器很容易监测到浮油的倒影。

When the oil slick is not in that part of the image, it may be imperceptible against the dark background of the ocean.

当浮油没有在图片部分区域里，可能是被黑色背景大海依着而难以察觉。

The oil slick is particularly visible in this image because of the way the sun reflects off the oil and the surrounding water.

在这幅图像中你可以很明显地看到那片浮油，这是因为浮油和周围的海水对于阳光的反射有着很大的不同。