Mesmerising photos show Gulf's 210 million gallon oil spill in 2010 - PHOTO

In the spring of 2010, an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, unleashing untold amounts of crude oil into the water's fragile ecosystem.At the time, there were numerous pictures of oil-slicked turtles and birds - a reminder of the sheer havoc the incident wrought upon the environment.Now a new set of pictures has been released showing the slick from above, taken by photographer Daniel Beltrá, who documented the spill from a Cessna floatplane, 3,000ft above the Louisiana coastline.The April 20th, 2010, explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers, injured 17 more and caused nearly 50,000 barrels of oil per day to spew into the gulf.The well went unplugged for nearly three months, causing the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.These photos are a grim reminder of the real damage that can be caused by such massive oil spills but also show the beauty that can be seen as man and nature try to repair the damage done.'SPILL' by Daniel Beltrá is published by GOST Books.(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az