Bloom off of New Zealand

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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color image of a phytoplankton bloom off of New Zealand’s South Island on November 13, 2017.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

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Phytoplankton bloomed in springtime waters off of South Island.

Instrument:: Aqua — MODIS

Appears in this Collection:: MODIS Rapid Response

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