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South Atlantic Abloom

Swirls of milky blue and green reveal the presence of massive numbers of phytoplankton in the South Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Mike Carlowicz.

Published January 6, 2018
Data acquired December 28, 2017

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS