Fire and oil in the Gulf of Mexico

A pelican flies over the Gulf of Mexico where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread south of Venice, Louisiana April 30, 2010. The United States scrambled on Friday to ward off an ecological disaster that could cost billions of dollars as a huge, spreading oil spill reached coastal Louisiana, imperiling wildlife and seafood areas. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) (Reuters)