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Shortly after leaving the Port of Valdez, the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef. The picture below was taken 3 days after the vessel grounded, just before a storm arrived.

From http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/photos/exxon/02.html

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current 17:08, 6 October 2004 376×251 (22 KB) Robbot (The Exxon Valdez oil tanker after it had run aground. Source:NOAA {{PS-USGov}})
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