Vancouver Island’s Colorful Coastline - related image preview

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Vancouver Island’s Colorful Coastline

Swirls of phytoplankton and sediment brightened the island’s coastal waters in July 2023.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published August 1, 2023
Data acquired July 26, 2023

Source:
NOAA-20 > VIIRS