Phytoplankton Bloom in the North Atlantic

Acquired on May 22,2010, this natural-color image shows a phytoplankton bloom stretching hundreds of kilometers, from the waters west of Ireland to the Bay of Biscay.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Phytoplankton Bloom in the North Atlantic.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Holli Riebeek and Michon Scott.

Published May 26, 2010
Data acquired May 22, 2010

Source:: Terra > MODIS