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Angellebabie · #1 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007, 10:19 PM

Crude oil sloshes against an oil-fence

Local residents and soldiers try to remove dense crude

Over 6,000 people are working to clear up the spill

6,000 Local residents and soldiers try to remove dense crude oil at the Mallipo beach, west of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. Some 2.7 million gallons of oil gushed Friday from a 146,000-ton Hong Kong-registered supertanker after a barge carrying a crane slammed into it about seven miles off Mallipo beach. The spill was the country's largest, involving twice as much oil as a spill in 1995

A migratory bird, covered with crude oil, found by environment activist at Shinduri beach in Taean, west of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. Some 2.7 million gallons of oil gushed Friday from a 146,000-ton Hong Kong-registered supertanker after a barge carrying a crane slammed into it about seven miles off Mallipo beach. The spill was the country's largest, involving twice as much oil as a spill in 1995.

A damaged Hong Kong-registered tanker floats, spilling oil following an accident off the Mallipo beach, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. Some 2.7 million gallons of oil gushed Friday from a 146,000-ton Hong Kong-registered supertanker after a barge carrying a crane slammed into it about seven miles off Mallipo beach. The spill was the country's largest, involving twice as much oil as a spill in 1995.

Volunteers are battling nausea and headaches caused by the oil's pungent smell

South Korean soldiers and residents clean up Mallipo beach

Residents struggle to remove crude oil in Taean, about 170km southwest of Seoul

South Korean residents struggle to clean up a beach in Taean

A map of South Korea locating the area of an oil spill

150 small crafts attempt to contain a massive crude oil spill