one place it turned up...

 
Oil on the beach in Alabama:

This is from National Geographic; you can download this image for your wallpaper for free.

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Where did all the oil go? (And WONderful marine creature photos)

  
Here's an article re: what folks are doing to try and find out where the oil is.

So if, like me, your friends are wondering what's up with the "oh, it's okay, the oil is mostly gone" claims they're hearing, there are some unaffiliated folks trying to find it.

This I find reassuring.

Thank you NSF and NOAA and Univ. of Texas, Duke, UNC, and Woods Hole, and everyone involved.

I have a few friends who do research cruises and they work HARD out there.

Honk if you love marine science!

Oh, and the MOST amazing sea creatures living deep-ish to SUPER deep in the ocean. Incredible color photographs. Thanks National Geographic!