shell admit spill 90,000 gallons oil gulf mexico may 12 2016. footage spill capture ecogig scientist dr. ian macdonald fly site show company vastly misrepresent size magnitude spill.according macdonald spill cover five square nautical miles equivalent 20 square kilometers 5,000 acres.maps flight log documentation regard aerial survey may 12 gulf oil spill find here.macdonald survey deepwater spill find extent damage consistent company state figures.as macdonald report even average thickness visible oil mere 100 micron 0.1 millimeter vastly small areas emulsify oil stretch across area visible surface oil would represent 500,000 gallons oil.macdonald nonprofit organization wing care group conduct hundreds aerial survey log thousands flight-tracking hours since 2004 work gulf mexico pacific ocean coast many areas.referring recent shell oil spill locate 100 miles coast louisiana macdonald stress severity observe say see image like since bp disaster 2010.according report read smell oil strong physically uncomfortable crew fly close 1,000 feet spill.during fly macdonald observe two small clean-up vessels.according report two skim vessels vicinity appear distant periphery slick amount oil appear within boom pitifully small compare size slick cover square nautical miles.on may 16 skytruth nonprofit environmental organization base west-virginia blast shell response spill call joke funny joke write thank shell demonstrate quite convincingly past days oil spill cleanup nothing convenient fantasy.the organization also raise alarm shoddy monitor offshore drill operations note recent spill discover entirely accident.this spill discover accidentally helicopter pilot fly area happen spot slick right modern pipeline high-tech deepwater development project leak thousands gallons oil leak accidentally discover high-tech telemetry pipeline signal alarm due drop pressure flow meter detect difference go one end pipe vs. come long would leak continue sheer luck vigilant pilot happen disturb footage macdonald fly spill image credit video screen capture via ian macdonald youtube fly show may 12 gulf oil spill far bad report video