DescriptionSurvey of Tar, Oil, Chlorinated Hydrocarbon and Trace Metal Pollution in Coastal Waters of the Sultanate of Oman. S 1-2: Satellite images of Oman (Copyright by NASA); S 3-4: UNEP team members meeting with Omani officials; S 5: Exterior view of the building of the Council for Conservation of Enviroment and Prevention of Pollution; S 6-7: Exterior view of a city (possibly Muskat); S 8: View of landscape with dirt track; S 9: Interior of an Helicopter cockpit; S 7-14: Aerial views of desert landscapes (dunes, village, mountains); S 15-18: collecting samples on a beach; S 19: Al Khabura, tar sieve from litter; S 20-22: Al Khabura, band of litter; S 23-24: Meeting Omani officials; S 25-30: Collecting water samples at the harbour; S 31-36: Collecting samples on a ship; S 37: Meeting Omani officials; S 38: Maghsail Beach, tar balls and deads lobsters collected by a local fisherman during the monsoon season; S 39: Tent by a beach; S 40-42: Aerial views of a settlement and harbour; S 43-44: Large ship; S 45-48: tar washing ashore at Mina Al Fahal, numerous small lumps in surf zone; S 49-51: Oil tanker on the ocean; S 52-58: Aerial view of oil slicks at sea off the cost of the Musandam Peninsula on 3 October 1980; S 59-61: Oil spill near to Muttrah harbour on 28 September 1980 floating patch of fresh oil; S 62: View of a beach; S 63: Swimmers and snorkellers by the beach; S 64-69: Tar washing ashore at Mina Al Fahal, various objects put next to lumps for estimation of size; S 70: View of a building by a beach; S 71: Scraping samples off a rock in the water; S 72: Examinations of samples of molluscs; S 73: Omani fisherman; S 74: Pile of dead fish on a beach; S 75: Various fish specimen prepared for examination; S 76: Dissection of fish; S 77-78: Packaging of samples for transport.
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