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Carbon Eaters on the Black Sea

Satellites observe a massive bloom of coccolithophore plankton in July 2012.


NASA image courtesy Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Web. Caption by Laura Betz, with image interpretation by Norman Kuring.

Published July 31, 2012
Data acquired July 15, 2012

Source:
Aqua > MODIS