Sunken WW2 ships polluting the sea

Zip · 25 Feb 2006 at 20:58

I was on Google earth and i was looking at pearl harbour and the ship that got sunk there looks like its emitting an oil slick.
Would this be oil and fuel coming from parts of the ship that have rusted and now its all going into the sea?
If it can happen to one ship it can happen to a lot of ship out there and there are 100s out in the pacific and they are all around coral reefs :eek:

Can anyone else see the oil slick :eek:

Zip · 26 Feb 2006 at 15:25

If they did drain the oil from these ships could they reuse it again?

Zip · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:43

Are there any more ww2 ships u can find on google earth are.
There are too many islands in the pacific and i dont know what ones to look at to find them

Zip · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:49

Where exactly is Truk lagoon? What country/island is it?

Zip · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:20

Thanks.
Now lets see what i can see

Edit: this is as close as i can get. I think this is the right island/lagoon.
I wish you could zoom in more