Oil covered glasses sit in the stained sand at the public beach in Gulf Shore, Alabama USA on 25 June 2010. Large amounts of oil washed up on the beach yestarday and the waters were closed to swimming. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which began two months ago, is the largest in US history and continues to threaten wildlife, the ecosystem and the economy of the Gulf Coast as BP and government officials attempt to stop the flow and remove what has already been released. photo by Dan Anderson/ European Pressphoto Agency