Plankton Colonies Collide (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Plankton Colonies Collide

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Off the coast of Argentina, two strong ocean currents recently stirred up a colorful brew of floating nutrients and microscopic plant life just in time for the summer solstice, Dec. 21, 2010. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of a massive phytoplankton bloom off of the Atlantic coast of Patagonia.

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NASA's Earth Observatory/Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Web

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