Images & Animations
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Credit
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
In the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland, Canada, a brightly colored blue swirl indicates the presence of an ongoing phytoplankton bloom. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on August 12, 2002.
Metadata
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Sensor
Terra/MODIS -
Visualization Date
2002-09-08
