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Jerry Fiddler

Happy-to-be-amateur Photographer


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Bay Oil Spill Nov. 2007

I took these pictures along Berkeley and Emeryville waterfronts, two days after the bay bridge oil spill. 58,000 gallons of fuel oil were spilled. This seems to be much worse than crude oil. I heard stories of wetsuits and rubber boots being dissolved! The bay smells like kerosene, and one gets quickly lightheaded when near it. Very sad, indeed.
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  • Note the guck on the rock

    Note the guck on the rock

  • A row of oily mass all along the Berkeley shore line.

    A row of oily mass all along the Berkeley shore line.

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  • A boom across the mouth of the Berkeley Marina, to keep the oil out.  No boats going in or out.  I'm told that any boat that goes out into the oil will need to be repainted, because it doesn't wash off.

    A boom across the mouth of the Berkeley Marina, to keep the oil out. No boats going in or out. I'm told that any boat that goes out into the oil will need to be repainted, because it doesn't wash off.

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  • Oily booms and boom workers.  Thank you, boom guys!

    Oily booms and boom workers. Thank you, boom guys!

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  • Setting booms off Emeryville.

    Setting booms off Emeryville.

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  • Fouled ducks.  The little ones kept trying to get up and flap like this, but to no avail.

    Fouled ducks. The little ones kept trying to get up and flap like this, but to no avail.

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  • An oily duckling

    An oily duckling

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  • The ducks were obviously in distress, and the mother (I guess she was the mother) occasionally acted aggressively like this towards the ducklings.

    The ducks were obviously in distress, and the mother (I guess she was the mother) occasionally acted aggressively like this towards the ducklings.

  • Floating in a sea of trouble.

    Floating in a sea of trouble.

  • Emeryville animal control tried hard to catch the ducks and help them, but they couldn't catch them.

    Emeryville animal control tried hard to catch the ducks and help them, but they couldn't catch them.

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    Note the guck on the rock