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The Strait of Georgia turns milky green due to an “unprecedented” explosion of coccolithophores.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published September 4, 2016
Data acquired August 19, 2016

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response