I need an external harddrive, please help.

Hi!
I am shooting a documentary in the USA and need to buy an ext harddrive to use with my Macbook Air.  I need a solution and I am confused by the options. I know I do not have firewire but I do have USB2.0. Is that just as good? What about Thunderbolt?
I would also like it to be powered by the laptop so I can avert any problems with powering it in Germany, where I live.
I will need it for 10 hours of uncompressed HD footage.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Kindly!

For storing raw footage and viewing it I agree with captfred that USB will be more than sufficient. When it comes time to edit you'd notice the difference between USB and other options. I don't work with video in huge quantities the way you do/will but I prefer working with FW800 or having the video on an internal drive when I edit. But I do disagree with the recommendation of WD because the company uses a proprietary chipset and has very poor customer support. I prefer OWC drives and I've been pleased with the two iomega portable drives I've bought.

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