Spring Bloom for South Africa - related image preview

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Spring Bloom for South Africa

Large phytoplankton blooms tend to occur at intersections: between land and sea, between different ocean currents, and between seasons.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published November 18, 2018
Data acquired November 14, 2018

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response