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Summer Phytoplankton Bloom near New Zealand

The swirls of turquoise and green map out a large phytoplankton bloom along the shores of New Zealand’s South Island in this image from February 20, 2011.


NASA image by Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Team. Caption by Norman Kuring, adapted from New Zealand: Antarctic staging ground.

Published February 26, 2011
Data acquired February 10, 2011

Source:
Aqua > MODIS