Oil slick from sunken USS Arizona

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Sixty-odd years after the Pearl Harbor attack, oil continues to seep from the tanks of the sunken U.S. battleship USS Arizona. Visitors to the memorial can observe the drops rising to the surface and breaking to form a rainbow before joining together and flowing down to the sea.
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Coordinates:   21°21'52"N   157°57'1"W

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  • Its often said that the oil slick is the USS Arizona "bleeding" from its wounds.
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