Arabian Sea Blooms

  • Credit

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

This SeaWiFS image shows a great deal of dust in the air over the Arabian Sea. Through the dust you can make out a highly convoluted pattern of phytoplankton blooms. The densest parts of the blooms look exceptionally green.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS
  • Visualization Date

    2000-03-04