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Stirring Up Adriatic Waters
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Stirring Up Adriatic Waters

Discolored water near the Italian coast suggests either a phytoplankton bloom or suspended sediment.

Published Nov 29, 2017

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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Bering Sea
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Bering Sea

Acquired October 8, 2009, this true-color image shows peacock-hued splashes of color off the coast of Alaska, near St. Paul Island.

Published Oct 12, 2009

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A Sea of Color and Wind
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A Sea of Color and Wind

Phytoplankton and sediment produced a vivid display in this relatively shallow sea between Great Britain and northern Europe.

Published Apr 9, 2020

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Sediment off the Yucatan Peninsula
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Sediment off the Yucatan Peninsula

A burst of color lit the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan Peninsula on December 14, 2008.

Published Jan 3, 2009

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Phytoplankton Bloom in North Sea off Scotland
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Phytoplankton Bloom in North Sea off Scotland

The northern and western highlands of Scotland were still winter-brown and even dusted with snow in places, but the waters of the North Sea were blooming with phytoplankton on May 8, 2008, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the region and captured this image. The tiny, plant-like organisms swirled in the waters off the country’s east coast, coloring the shallow coastal waters shades of bright blue and green.

Published May 13, 2008

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Spring Color in the North Sea
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Spring Color in the North Sea

Phytoplankton are usually most abundant in this area when spring melting and runoff freshen the water and add nutrients just as sunlight is increasing.

Published May 8, 2018

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Sandy Neck, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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Sandy Neck, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

This natural color image of Sandy Neck and Barnstable Harbor, on the north side of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was acquired on November 4, 2005, by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s EO-1 satellite.

Published Feb 19, 2011

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A Lush Laptev Palette
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A Lush Laptev Palette

A colorful mixture of dissolved organic matter and sediments help trace the sea’s otherwise invisible currents and eddies.

Published Oct 13, 2020

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North Atlantic Bloom
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North Atlantic Bloom

Reminiscent of the distinctive swirls in a Van Gogh painting, millions of microscopic plants color the waters of the North Atlantic with strokes of blue, turquoise, green, and brown. Fed by nutrients that have built up during the winter and the long, sunlit days of late spring and early summer, the cool waters of the North Atlantic come alive every year with a vivid display of color. The microscopic plants, called phytoplankton, that give the water this color are the base of the marine food chain.

Published Jul 3, 2007

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Swirls of Color in the Yellow Sea
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Swirls of Color in the Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea has some of the most turbid and dynamic waters in the world.

Published Mar 24, 2015

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Blooming Gibraltar
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Blooming Gibraltar

The narrow waterway is a complex environment that gives rise to some striking phytoplankton blooms.

Published Apr 20, 2017

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Coccolithophores in the Barents Sea
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Coccolithophores in the Barents Sea

Published Aug 27, 2002

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