Pictures from Mexico

Mangrove shoreline facing the Gulf of Mexico just south of Isla Arenas, Campeche, at Luchukum, where a potential Ixtoc I tar mat was found on 6 July 2010.

Landing the panga in the dense red mangrove shoreline near Luchukum where we looked for Ixtoc I tar, 6 July 2010.

Ixtoc I (?) thin, weathered tar mat among the roots of a red mangrove tree at Luchukum, 6 July 2010.

Cut away piece of Ixtoc I (?) tar mat from ground of red mangrove jungle floor near Luchukum, 6 July 2010.

Interview with Jose Chay, 74, a long-time fisherman in Celestun, Yucatan, and CINVESTAV marine scientist Sara Morales (interpreter, left), 7 July 2010.

Interviewee Eliodoro Carmal Couoh, 77, long-time fisherman from Celestun, Yucatan, who now works for CONANP, the national commission for protected areas at Celestun, 7 July 2010.