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Of light sheen or tar balls or microscopic droplets in the water. but how can most of the estimated 5 million barrels of oil already be out of the water? according to that federal report, about a third of the oil was either skimmed up, burned or blasted with chemical dispersants. another huge chunk, about 40%, they say, evaporated or dissolved naturally. but how does that happen? >> this is 'example of light, swede crude. >> reporter: that was the type of oil gushing into the gulf, very different from the "exxon valdez" disaster. >> this representings weathering process. this has a lot of ligh...