Oil spills off the Coast of Sogn (Norway)

This image was acquired off the coast of Sogn in western Norway on 22 September 1992. It shows what is believed to be a ship spilling oil. The ship can be seen on the bottom left of the screen as a bright spot and the spill appears as a dark band behind the ship.

See the interpreted image to better identify the feature.

The reason for not interpreting the dark feature as a wake is that wakes are usually straight lines unless the ship has changed its heading. But even if this ship has changed course, it would be very unlikely to have such a long (4 km) winding wake as seen here. Measurements indicate a wind speed of approximately 5 m/s coming from the east.

NERSC, Bergen, Norway

Keywords: ESA European Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne, observation de la terre, earth observation, satellite remote sensing, teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar, chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar, atmospheric chemistry