Visible Earth: SeaWiFS: Blooms off South Africa

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Different phytoplankton communities color the ocean different shades of blue and green off the southern coast of South Africa in the Decemeber 22, 2000 SeaWiFS pass over the area.

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OrbView-2/SeaWiFS
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2000-12-22

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SeaWiFS: Blooms off South Africa

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