Phytoplankton Bloom off Greenland

The stark black and white landscape of eastern Greenland provides a fine contrast to the burst of color created by a large phytoplankton bloom in this photo-like image from August 7, 2010.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Phytoplankton Bloom off Greenland.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published August 15, 2010
Data acquired August 7, 2010

Source:: Terra > MODIS