Phytoplankton Bloom off the Pacific Northwest

Upwelling currents and summer weather promoted a large bloom of floating, microscopic plants off the coast of Oregon and Washington.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Phytoplankton Bloom off the Pacific Northwest.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published July 31, 2014
Data acquired July 26, 2014