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One year after its launch, the Aquarius instrument is giving ocean sciences its first global view of sea surface salinity.
NASA images by Norman Kuring, Goddard Space Flight Center. Animation by Robert Simmon. Caption by Mike Carlowicz, Earth Observatory, with reporting from Maria-Jose Vinas, NASA Earth Science News Team.
Published June 12, 2012 Data acquired May 27 - June 2, 2012