Observe fireboat responding to crews battling the fire during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010
Observe fireboat responding to crews battling the fire during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010
Fireboat response crews battling the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, April 21, 2010.
Video courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy
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Video courtesy of the U.S. Department of EnergyFireboat response crews battling the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, April 21, 2010.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.When the United States entered World War I, it created one of the most confident fighting machines in world history.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The Pacific Region of the United States is both geographically diverse and beautiful.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Listen to the music of the American south, and you'll hear the diverse backgrounds of the region's people.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Native Americans, Spanish explorers, and Mormons have all left their mark on the states of the Mountain Region.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.In the late 19th and early 20th century, many immigrants came to America by way of New York and Boston.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Confronted by Copperhead opposition and by dissension within his cabinet, U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln struggled to contain the “fire in the rear” during the Civil War.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Explore the beautiful and varied topography of the southwestern states.
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© Massachusetts Institute of Technology (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about the experimental use of entangled wire as an obstruction to mitigate the effects of blowout preventer failure in an oil well.
