SeaWiFS: Blooms South of Africa

Spring blooms of phytoplankton in the southern Atlantic and Indian oceans highlight the complex current patterns south of South Africa in this SeaWiFS image.

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

Published October 23, 2000
Data acquired October 22, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton

Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton