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Blobs of Exxon-Valdez Oil Are Still Fresh on Alaska's Beaches
Pockets of oil lurking under boulders look as if they had just spilled 11 days ago.
It may be a quarter-century since the Exxon Valdez disaster, yet blobs of oil along Alaska's coastline look as fresh as if they'd been spilled less than two weeks ago.
This remaining petroleum might not be obvious to the casual observer. But it's there, lurking under boulders and between rocks, a lingering legacy of the nearly 11 million gallons of crude that escaped from the 1989 tanker wreck. Look, here's a hidden pocket: