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Harmless phytoplankton put on a stunning display, while another less-visible species wreaked havoc on salmon farms.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Photo by Stig Bjarte Haugen/Norwegian Institute of Marine Research. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 6, 2019
Data acquired June 6, 2019

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Terra > MODIS