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Spiral of Plankton

Late in 2013, a mid-summer bloom of phytoplankton gave color to a whirling eddy south of Australia.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). Caption by Michael Carlowicz, with image interpretation help from Norman Kuring, NASA Ocean Color Group.

Published January 9, 2014
Data acquired December 30, 2013

Source:
Aqua > MODIS