SeaWiFS: Blooms off South Africa - related image preview

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SeaWiFS: Blooms off South Africa

Different phytoplankton communities color the ocean different shades of blue and green off the southern coast of South Africa in the Decemeber 22, 2000 SeaWiFS pass over the area.


Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published December 22, 2000
Data acquired December 22, 2000

Source:
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS
Topics:
Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton
Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll
Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Pigments
Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean Color
Collection:
Visible Earth