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Plankton Abloom in Washington’s Hood Canal

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

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Plankton Abloom in Washington’s Hood Canal.

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