Exxon Valdez - oil terminal Loading Piers at the Valdez Terminal

Exxon Valdez - grounded on Bligh Reef Shortly after leaving the Port of Valdez

Exxon Valdez - lightering remaining cargo From the Exxon Valdez (left) to the Exxon Baton Rouge

Exxon Valdez - surrounded by boom The Exxon Valdez Refloated

Exxon Valdez - heavy sheen on sea surface Heavy Sheens of Oil

Exxon Valdez - boom around salmon hatchery Responders Tried to Protect Especially Sensitive Locations

Exxon Valdez - oil pooled among rocks Pooled Oil Stranded in Rocks

Exxon Valdez - pools of oil on rocky beach Rocky Beach

Exxon Valdez - boom, barge, and skimmer Cleanup Operations

Exxon Vladez - skimming operation Oil Being Skimmed

Exxon Valdez - scene in the command center NOAA Scientists at Work

Exxon valdez - oil high on beach front Northwest Bay on Knight Island

Exxon Valdez - oiled beach at Herring Bay Herring Bay

Exxon Valdez - transport of oiled Workers Transporting Captured Wildlife

Exxon Valdez - high-pressure, hot-water washing High Pressure Hot Water Flushing

Exxon Valdez - boom preventing oil refloating Boom Prevents Oil Refloating

Exxon Valdez - sediment plumes and sheens Sediment Plumes and Sheens

Exxon Valdez - Block Island before washing Block Island Before Washing

Exxon Valdez - Block Island after washing Block Island After Washing

Exxon Valdez - depth of oil penetration Depth of Oil Penetration

Exxon Valdez - trenching to measure oil penetration Researcher Digs Trench

Exxon Valdez - cleanup debris Bags of Exxon Valdez Cleanup Debris

• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Overview of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Includes links to many related resources, including photo galleries.

• Response to the Exxon Valdez Spill Within hours after the tanker Exxon Valdez spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, a team of NOAA OR&R scientists arrived on-scene.

• Summary Points: 10 Years of Intertidal Monitoring After the Exxon Valdez Spill A short summary of the main findings of NOAA biologists studying the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on intertidal shorelines in Prince William Sound.