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Persistent Phytoplankton

The waters off of Newfoundland were colored by coccolithophore blooms for two months.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and bathymetry data from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO). Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published September 21, 2020
Data acquired July 21 - September 5, 2020

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
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Terra > MODIS