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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.


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

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