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This story is quite incredible and tells a lot about the power of the new technologies and the help they can give even to the environmental crisis of our planet.

Using Google Earth to Discover an Environmental Disaster

An 47 years old man from Rome was using Google Earth and has discovered an unknown ship releasing huge amounts of some oily substance in the sea off the Italian city of Montalto di Castro (90 km NW of Rome). He immediately informed the Italian police that is now investigating.

Using Google Earth to Discover an Environmental Disaster

In the following image you can easily realize the size of the huge stain:

Using Google Earth to Discover an Environmental Disaster

And here it's clearly visible the proximity to the beaches and to Montalto di Castro:

Using Google Earth to Discover an Environmental Disaster

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