Breathing Life into the Ocean

Almost all life in the ocean depends on tiny photosynthetic organisms known as phytoplankton.

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NASA Earth Observatory images and video by Joshua Stevens, using data from NASA's Ocean Color Web and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published December 3, 2022
Data acquired 2021 - 2022

Sources:

Aqua > MODIS

Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Terra > MODIS