Phytoplankton bloom in the Bay of Biscay and off the coast of Brittany, France

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA/GSFC

This MODIS true-color image of France and a small strip of Spain shows the characteristic blue-green swirls of phytoplankton blooming in the Bay of Biscay, as well as another bloom, mostly obscured by clouds, to the east of Brittany in the upper left corner of the image.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2001-05-28