SeaWiFS: South African Upwelling

  • Credit

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

While a cyclone stirs the waters off Africa's eastern shore, upwelling of nutrient-rich water feeds colorful phytoplankton blooms to the west and south of South Africa.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS

  • Visualization Date

    2001-05-16