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This image of the summer phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea off the northwesternmost corner of Russia was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on August 19, 2009. The milky-blue color that dominates the bloom suggests that it contains large numbers of phytoplankton called coccolithophores.
NASA image by Norman Kuring, GSFC Ocean Color Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
Published August 22, 2009 Data acquired August 19, 2009