Hasta La Gadget!

Twenty-Five years ago the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spilled its guts across Alaska’s shorelin e . It was a massive ecological disaster of great importance for many reasons, but mostly because it’s seared in our memories by horrifying photos. Here’s a collection of the striking images that informed a generation of dialog about environmentalism.

Crews use high pressured hoses to blast the rocks on this beach front on Naked Island, Alaska, April 21, 1989. On April 2, 1989 workers hopelessly try to remove globs of oil from Baked Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

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