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The Eddy and the Plankton

Swirling waters from the Agulhas Current stir up a phytoplankton bloom.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data obtained from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published February 11, 2012
Data acquired December 26, 2011

Source:
Terra > MODIS