no it wasnt it was crude oil " the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 10.9 million gallons of its 53 million gallon cargo of Prudhoe Bay CRUDE OIL. Eight of the eleven tanks on board were damaged. The oil would eventually impact over 1,100 miles of non-continuous coastline in Alaska, making the Exxon Valdez the largest oil spill to date in U.S. waters" and yes it can in ways i guess clean its self up over time but thats tons and tons of time. besides REAL "scientists" are all a big joke. They believe they can prove everything with science, that the world is billions or trillions of years old, and that the whole universe was created with a huge bang. Scientists are the last people to believe because dont forget a lot of them believe we all evolved from monkeys haha what a joke