The Mediterranean Sea is seen from the Quitapellejos beach in the town of Palomares, as Spain has officially asked the U.S. to remove some soil from the area to help cleanup efforts after the town was the site of a 1966 nuclear accident in which a mid-air collision between two U.S. Air Force planes resulted in the release of radioactive plutonium-239 from undetonated hydrogen bombs over different areas in Palomares, near Almeria, southern Spain March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca