White Sea

The White Sea does not look very white in this SeaWiFS image. The outflow of the Dvina River in particular is quite brown with suspended sediments.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published May 20, 2000
Data acquired May 20, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sedimentation

Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Transport

Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sedimentation