An Emerald Vortex

Fast-growing duckweed can leave swirls of green in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response and Sea Surface Temperature data from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/MUR. Caption by Pola Lem.

Published February 23, 2017
Data acquired February 15, 2017

Sources:

Aqua > AMSR-E

Aqua > MODIS

Coriolis > WindSat

GCOM-W1 > AMSR-2

In situ Measurement

NOAA-19 POES > AVHRR

Terra > MODIS

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response