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Hunting Milky Seas by Satellite

Like a sea captain tracking a white whale, Steve Miller has been chasing a rare form of marine bioluminescence for decades.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, MODIS data from NASA's Ocean Color Web, and data courtesy of Miller, S. D., et al. (2021). Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published November 2, 2021
Data acquired August 4, 2019

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
In situ Measurement
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night