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Bristol Bay in Bloom

The clouds have cleared from Bristol Bay revealing that the supposed coccolithophore bloom is still present. The difference in water brightness from one side of the Alaska Peninsula to the other in this SeaWiFS image is striking.


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

Published August 24, 2000
Data acquired August 24, 2000

Source:
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS
Topic:
Biosphere > Microbiota > Coccolithophore
Collection:
Visible Earth