Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise

In May 2020, a vivid phytoplankton bloom colored the surface waters of the country’s second-longest fjord.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 10, 2020
Data acquired May 30, 2020