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Which platform is pictured in the International Space Station photo (re-posted below)? It is clearly a spar (basically a large vertically floating cylinder), and like most GoM spars appears to be the truss type (see diagram below depicting spar types). There are currently 18 GoM spars (list in table below). Looking at photos of these spars, my guess is that the SpaceX Dragon is pictured above Perdido (bottom photo).

SpaceX Dragon over GoM Spar
NameOperatorWater
Depth
Spar
Type
Installed
Horn MountainAnadardo5400′truss2002
Front RunnerMurphy3330′truss2004
GunnisonAnadarko3150truss2003
ConstitutionAnadarko4970truss2005
NeptuneFieldwood1930classic1996
BoomvangAnadarko3650truss2002
Devil’s TowerEni5610truss2004
TahitiChevron4000truss2008
GenesisChevron2590classic1998
HolsteinAnadarko4340truss2004
HooverExxon4825classic2000
PerdidoShell7835truss2009
LuciusAnadarko7000truss2014
MedusaMurphy2223truss2003
Mad DogBP4420truss2004
NansenAnadarko3675truss2001
GulfstarHess4600classic2014
HeidelbergAnadarko5300truss2016
Spar platform generations  
Spar Types
Perdido

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