skimming vessels out there trying to clean the oil off the surface. now in infrared the oil, which is hotter than water is, represented by all of this white. here is the white boat right here. the dark pathway here that s sea water cleaned of oil. as can you seat further back you go from the skimming boat the oil now pleading all into the path. and for this crew, pretty overwhelming. look at all the freaking oil down there. that plane is also quite effective at mapping large incidents like forest fires in the inform the military guys on that plane had fully intended to map the entirety of this oil spill but shocking to them, they had to turn around and fly back before finishing the job to refuel. the oil spill, shep, is simply that large. shepard: phil keating in our south florida newsroom tonight. phil, thanks for that for anyone not familiar with the gulf coast region, it may be a little hard to comprehend the scale of this thing. even the highest aerial video