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Fuel oil on the beach in Ustka. The Baltic hands back what nobody wants to collect

27.09.2026 39 photos Photos: fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

From the article Fuel oil along 50 km of Polish coast. Ustka beaches closed, illegal discharge suspected · Fuel oil on the beach in Ustka. The Baltic hands back what nobody wants to collect

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Black clumps of fuel oil scattered on pale sand among twigs and a single feather — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Clusters of black fuel oil lumps on pale sand beside sticks, shells and plant debris — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Piece of weathered wood and small dark lumps on grey shaded beach sand — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Wide sandy beach in tree shade, scattered with small dark specks and sticks, sea in the background — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Beach beside a forest with driftwood piled up and walkers in the distance by the blue sea — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Black fuel oil lumps and broken driftwood on pale beach sand — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Wooden groyne posts in the sea with gulls, a wooded cliff and a white lighthouse behind — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Gulls perched on rows of wooden groyne posts in the sea, with a rocky breakwater and small beacon in the background — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Walkers and a few seated people on a sandy beach by the water, with dunes, a tent and litter bins behind — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Black clumps of fuel oil scattered on pale beach sand, with a white bird feather and a dry twig in the middle — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Close-up of a cluster of black, compacted lumps of fuel oil lying on light sand — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Black lumps of fuel oil on sand beside dry branches and pieces of driftwood washed ashore — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Close-up of many black lumps of fuel oil on light sand, with dry sticks in the background — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

A bird feather, a stone and black clumps of fuel oil on beach sand — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Black clumps of fuel oil, pebbles and a bird feather scattered on beach sand — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Black clumps of fuel oil scattered on pale sand, beside a piece of wood and a dry stalk — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Beach with small black patches of fuel oil and splintered wood on the sand, walkers and sea in the background — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Close-up of black fuel oil lumps on sand among dry plants and small wood splinters — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Glossy black fuel oil lumps between pieces of wood on a beach, with a fragment of blue plastic — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Walkers on a wide sandy Baltic beach, with a wooded dune and small waves in the background — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Metal barrier with a "Zakaz wstępu, plaża czasowo zamknięta" sign at beach entrance 21 in Ustka — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Black tarry substance smeared across sand among pebbles, dry plants and a brown feather — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Empty sandy beach and calm blue sea, with a breakwater and cranes on the horizon — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Sandy beach at Ustka with dunes, a white lighthouse in the distance and machinery by the breakwater under a clear sky — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Black lumps of fuel oil scattered on pale sand among feathers and dry stalks, with a small pebble on the right — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

A streak of sticky black fuel oil on sand, with dry leaves and footprints around it — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Close-up of a glistening black mass of fuel oil on sand with a pale feather in the middle — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

A cluster of black fuel oil lumps on sand with two bird feathers lying across it — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Wide Baltic beach with footprints in the sand, small waves and a blue sky with thin clouds — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Beachgoers on the sand by the dunes: a man with a smartphone, a bench, a windbreak and people standing nearby — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Walkers on the shoreline, a few people on the sand by the waterline and a concrete structure in the background — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Close-up of glossy, sticky black mass and small clumps on light sand — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Black clumps of oily substance scattered on light sand, next to feathers and pebbles — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Sandy beach with many black clumps of substance, pebbles and a feather — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Beach with a dune behind, black clumps and stones scattered on the sand, a white tower in the distance — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Close-up of shiny black sludge in a pool and clumps on sunlit sand — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Fence with signs reading Zakaz wstępu and Plaża czasowo zamknięta, plus a notice from the Maritime Office in Słupsk — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Metal barrier with notices blocks the beach entrance between wooden pallets, sea in the background — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska

Metal barrier with signs Zakaz wstępu and Plaża czasowo zamknięta at a beach access path — fot. Mariusz Jasłowski / Gazeta Morska