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Breathing Life into the Ocean

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


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