Visible Earth: Limpopo River Plume

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

Mozambique's flooded Limpopo River (light brown above and left of the center of this SeaWiFS image) seems to be feeding a large phytoplankton bloom offshore.

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OrbView-2/SeaWiFS
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2000-03-13

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Limpopo River Plume

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