puddle - 129 metres squared

The picture was made to help illustrate the rate oil is escaping from BP's Deepwater Horizon platform (May 2010). 70,000 barrels of oil per day is equivalent to a 1 mm deep puddle 13 metres across every second.

 

For details see:

adamnieman.posterous.com/how-much-oil-is-gushing-from-bps...

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