Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is cloud-free in this SeaWiFS image. Multihued phytoplankton blooms are visible off of Washington's Olympic coast. Also visible in this image are: Fraser River outflow; snowcapped peaks of Mt. Olympus, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Hood; burn scars across the Bitterroot range; and the Columbia and Snake River watersheds.

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

Published September 26, 2000
Data acquired September 26, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Collection:

Visible Earth