SeaWiFS: Bloom in the Barents Sea - related image preview

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SeaWiFS: Bloom in the Barents Sea

The clouds opened up enough on July 24, 2001, over the Barents Sea to reveal part of a suspected coccolithophore bloom to SeaWiFS. The personnel attempting to raise the sunken Russian submarine, the Kursk, probably have a good view of the milky water.


Credit line for all images: Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published July 24, 2001
Data acquired July 24, 2001

Source:
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS
Topics:
Biosphere > Microbiota > Coccolithophore
Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton
Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton
Collection:
Visible Earth