Smoke rises from surface oil being burned by cleanup crews near the Deepwater Horizon blowout.

清洁船员们点燃了深海地平线号附近海面的几处浮油，燃烧产生的烟雾正从海面升起。

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Scientists said the rapid dissipation of the surface oil was probably due to a combination of factors.

科学家表示，海面浮油快速分解可能与多种因素有关。

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The observed spread of the surface oil in the approximately 100 days since the explosion highlights the connectivity between the deep-water areas and coastlines of the Gulf of Mexico.

自爆炸发生后，对表面油污扩散的长约100天的观测，凸显了深水区域与墨西哥湾沿岸之间的联系。

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Crews then turned to placing a cap over the pipe -- not to stop it, but to direct at least some of the oil to ships on the surface.

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BP said it hoped to know within hours whether the tube had successfully diverted the oil to a tanker at the surface.

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Vernon Asper of the University of Southern Mississippi says much of the oil is under the surface, where it cannot be monitored."

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According to a web tool that puts the slick over your home region, the vast area of surface oil is now bigger than Massachusetts, Connecticut and Long Island combined.

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Instead of remaining concentrated at the surface, dispersed oil pollutes the entire water column.

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The result is a thin reflective layer that floats on the surface of the oil.

ECONOMIST: Mirror, mirror