Phytoplankton Enlivens Swaths of Barren Ocean

Even dozens of kilometers away, microscopic creatures from these reefs can breathe life into nearby waters.

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NASA Earth Observatory map by Joshua Stevens, using chlorophyll data courtesy of Jamison Gove/Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and Gove, Jamison M., et al. (2016). Caption by Pola Lem.

Published December 20, 2016
Data acquired July 2002 - June 2012

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Aqua > MODIS