Phytoplankton Bloom (IMAGE)

National Oceanography Centre, UK

Phytoplankton Bloom

Caption

This near-true color MODIS satellite image shows a coccolithophore (phytoplankton) bloom in the Iceland Basin. Visible are the patches and filamentous structures of the bloom. The view is a bit like what you would see if you were an Astronaut in space and you took away Earth’s atmosphere. The image is a composite for the period July 5-11, 2007. The image spans 14-26˚W, 55-62˚N.

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NEODAAS/PML

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Please credit PML (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) and NEODAAS (NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service)

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