Turtle Eggs avoid Gulf Oil Danger
The last of 112 Loggerhead sea turtle egg nest is ready for a finallayer of sand in Styrofoam coolers at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on August 9, 2010. To date, Eglin has excavated more than 400 eggs. The 96th Civil Engineer Squadron is working with other governmental agencies, whose goal is the transportation of more than 700 nests from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic coast. When they get there, eggs are monitored at a controlled climate facility, where they will be allowed to hatch in the cooler. Wildlife technicians will then release them into the ocean, free from oil floating in the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)
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