Phytoplankton near Argentina - related image preview

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Phytoplankton near Argentina - related image preview

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Phytoplankton near Argentina

This Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) image shows a high concentration of phytoplankton chlorophyll in the Brazil Current Confluence region east of Argentina.


Image processed by Robert Simmon based on data from the SeaWiFS project and the Goddard DAAC. Text by Jim Acker.

Published April 12, 1999
Data acquired February 5, 1999