Oil leaking from the MV Rena created a three-mile slick after it ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga, New Zealand. (All photos are from Getty Images.)
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A surfer takes to the sea with the main cargo route in the background near the Port of Tauranga on Oct. 8, 2011, in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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An oil slick is seen coming from the grounded vessel Rena on October 9, 2011, in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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Brett Gartrell, director of the New Zealand Wildlife Heath Center at Massey University, holds a penguin that has been washed of oil on Oct. 8, 2011, in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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An oil covered bird is cleaned by wildlife veterinarian Dr. Brett Gartrell and Aimee Forster at the wildlife rehabilitation facility on Oct. 8, 2011, in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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A penguin found on the beach coated in oil gets washed at the Oiled Wildlife Response unit set up in a makeshift camp on Oct. 8, 2011, in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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