Images: BP's Operation to Close Oil Well

OIL SPILL -- July 15, 2010 at 4:35 PM EDT

By: Vanessa Dennis

These images were captured from the BP live video feed in the moments after the company announced that it had fully stemmed the flow of oil from its broken well in the Gulf.

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