May-June, 2010: As oil continues to leak following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, more pictures are emerging of the clean up efforts in the Gulf Coast.

Here, a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle is recovered for clean up.

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A public beach in Gulf Shores, AL.

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An oil-stained egret in Grand Isle, LA.

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Jeff Phillips, Environmental Contaminants Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, rescues a Brown Pelican from the Barataria Bay in Grand Isle, LA.

cc: Deepwater Horizon Response/Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden.

A Coast Guard crew member looks out at Perdido Pass from the back of a AC-141A plane in Orange Beach, Alabama.

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Members of a Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT) follow a trail of oil debris on the shoreline of Raccoon Island, LA.

cc: Deepwater Horizon Response/Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW/SW) Jonathen E. Davis

A brown pelican flies passed workers replacing oil soaked boom around Cat Island in Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, LA.

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A Kemp’s Ridley turtle swims out from under an oil patch.

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A pelican gets cleaned off by a member of the Louisiana State Wildlife Response Team.

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Two brown pelicans swim in gulf waters near St. Petersburg, FL, after being released at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge.

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Brown pelicans await cleaning in a wildlife rehabilitation center in Buras, LA.

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Orange Beach, AL.

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Dolphins surface for air near a shrimp boat skimming for oil in Grand Isle, LA.

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Sea turtle experts clean a small Kemp’s Ridley turtle with a toothbrush.

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The controlled burn of oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill

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Members of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepare to net an oiled pelican in Barataria Bay, LA.

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A helicopter flies over shrimp boats skimming for oil in in Grand Isle, LA.

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Oil washed up on the beaches of Ft. Morgan, AL.

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Dr. Sharon Taylor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service releases a northern gannet at the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge near St. Petersburg, FL.

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A team of sea turtle experts work to recover oiled and endangered turtles in the Gulf.

cc: Deepwater Horizon Response/Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.

Marine science technicians examine a previously identified oil impact zone during a shoreline assessment on Grand Terre Island 2, in Grand Isle, LA.

cc: Deepwater Horizon Response/Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb Critchfield.

A Containment boom and sorbent boom block a patch of oil from reaching an island populated by brown and white pelicans in Barataria Bay, LA.

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Oil damage on the beach at Gulf Islands National Seashore.

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The oil slick, one mile south of Perdido Key, FL.

cc: Deepwater Horizon Response/Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tasha Tully.