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Plankton Abloom in Washington’s Hood Canal

Water in this Pacific Northwest fjord resembles the color of the Caribbean Sea.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 4, 2017
Data acquired July 30 - 31, 2017

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Terra > MODIS
Collections:
MODIS Image of the Day
MODIS Rapid Response