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Noctiluca in the North Sea?

These swirling tendrils of phytoplankton might be Noctiluca scintillans—a type of marine dinoflagellate known to inhabit this area.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published June 16, 2023
Data acquired June 14, 2023

Source:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2