The consequences of the oil spill in California

• The effects of the oil spill in California

May 19 in the US state of California as a result of the accident at the pipeline site, located near the nature reserve Refugio State Beach, there was a leak of crude oil. For the past two weeks, teams of workers and volunteers are trying to clear 14 kilometers of the picturesque Pacific coast, as well as coastal waters.

An employee of the International Bird Rescue Center and volontorka launder contaminated oil brown pelican in Los Angeles.

of oil-polluted California mussels and crab on the territory of the Refugio State Beach north of Goleta, California.

The oil in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and coastal cliffs in Goleta, California.

Contaminated oil bird near Refugio State Beach in Goleta, California.

Worker cleans oil on the beach at Refugio State Beach.

Men save oil contaminated bird made by the waves on the coast of Refugio State Beach.

The workers clean the beach in Goleta.

A local resident on the beach at Refugio State Beach.

The whales swim past oil spills north of Goleta.

The oil collected by volunteers from the surface of the water off the coast of Refugio State Beach.

A dirty oil pelican on the coast west of Refugio State Beach.

Oil flows into the ocean near Refugio State Beach.

Employees amusement park SeaWorld San Diego clean oil-polluted sea lion in San Diego.

The workers clean oil on the beach at Refugio State Beach.

Oil spills along the coast of Refugio State Beach.

The dead octopus on oil-polluted beach near Refugio State Beach.

Dirty Oil Rocks near Refugio State Beach.

Volunteers collect oil along the coast of Refugio State Beach.

The protesters call for end to oil production and refining in the State of California, Santa Barbara.

The workers placed bon near Refugio State Beach.

A dead crab on the oil-polluted beach near Refugio State Beach.

Oil platform (background) off the coast of Refugio State Beach.

Volunteers collect oil on the beach near Refugio State Beach.

American brown pelican and the California sea lion fish in polluted water after an oil spill near Refugio State Beach.

A dirty oil pelican on the coast of Refugio State Beach.

The victim lobster on the beach near Refugio State Beach.

The oil settles on the sand at low tide near Refugio State Beach.

The workers clean oil along the coast of Refugio State Beach.

Pelican flies over the oil slick on the surface of the Pacific Ocean near Refugio State Beach.

The dead crab on the beach near Refugio State Beach.

Contaminated oil bird on a rock near Refugio State Beach.