New photoblog

A big stain of palm oil invades the shore of Taganga beach in Santa Marta, department of Magdalena, Colombia on April 23, 2008 after 10 tons of oil were spilled from the production plant of Terlica. Residents of the area have said of seeing dead fish but the spokesperson of Terlica said the oil is biodegradable and won't harm the environment. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) (Click to enlarge image(

Text and image above from a new photoblog at Boston.com. Entitled "The Big Picture" it's designed to emulate the old Life magazine style of using large-format images of current events. Each image on the home page linked above leads to a group of related images. I'll add it to my list of monitored sites; you may wish to explore it today - it appears to be well done, and the large-size photos are impressive.