Phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea

Colorful blue and green waters in the North Sea (center) reveal a phytoplankton bloom. Right of center are Denmark (north) and Germany (south). At far upper right is the souther coast of Sweden. To its west is Norway.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published April 21, 2002
Data acquired April 10 - 10, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton

Biosphere > Vegetation > Biomass

Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton