Images related to Summer Blooms in the Baltic and Barents

Beguiling Bloom in The Baltic Sea
Image

Beguiling Bloom in The Baltic Sea

Nearly every summer, phytoplankton trace the sea’s currents, eddies, and flows.

Published Aug 19, 2020

Image of the Day Life Water Water Color

Dueling Blooms
Image

Dueling Blooms

Satellite imagers captured the transition from one blooming phytoplankton genus to another in the Barents Sea in the summer of 2014.

Published Aug 10, 2014

Image of the Day Life Water Water Color

Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea
Image

Phytoplankton Bloom in the Barents Sea

In this natural-color image from August 31, 2010, a large phytoplankton bloom colors the Barents Sea turquoise, teal, navy, and green.

Published Sep 5, 2010

Image of the Day Water Water Color

Blooming Baltic Sea
Image

Blooming Baltic Sea

An annual summertime bloom of cyanobacteria flourished in such numbers as to be visible from space.

Published Aug 23, 2015

Image of the Day Water

Summer Bloom in the Baltic Sea
Image

Summer Bloom in the Baltic Sea

Published Jul 8, 2005

Water Color

Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise
Image

Norwegian Fjord Turns Turquoise

In May 2020, a vivid phytoplankton bloom colored the surface waters of the country’s second-longest fjord.

Published Jun 10, 2020

Image of the Day Water Water Color

Bloom in the Bering Sea
Image

Bloom in the Bering Sea

Changing conditions in the waters near Alaska promotes late summer phytoplankton growth.

Published Sep 19, 2014

Image of the Day Life Water Water Color

Bloom in the Barents Sea
Image

Bloom in the Barents Sea

MODIS caught a clear view of an explosion of phytoplankton—a rare treat since the Barents Sea is cloud-covered roughly 80 percent of the summer.

Published Aug 18, 2011

Image of the Day Life Water Water Color

A Bloom in the Barents Sea
Image

A Bloom in the Barents Sea

Acquired August 24, 2012, this natural-color image shows a profusion of peacock hues created by a phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea.

Published Sep 25, 2012

Image of the Day Life Water

The Barents Sea Abloom
Image

The Barents Sea Abloom

In July 2016, phytoplankton in the Barents Sea turned the surface waters milky blue.

Published Jul 6, 2016

Life Water Water Color

Sea Sawdust off Gladstone
Image

Sea Sawdust off Gladstone

The waters off of Australia hosted an apparent bloom of Trichodesmium, an ancient, important, and ubiquitous type of microscopic sea life.

Published Oct 7, 2017

Image of the Day Water Remote Sensing

Channeling a Bloom
Image

Channeling a Bloom

Unusually clear skies and persistent, unseasonable heat may have set the stage for large and persistent blooms of phytoplankton in the waters around England.

Published Jun 26, 2020

Image of the Day Life Water Water Color

Churning in the Chukchi Sea
Image

Churning in the Chukchi Sea

The waters off of the Alaskan coast usually come alive each spring with colorful swirls of phytoplankton.

Published Jul 14, 2018

Image of the Day Water Remote Sensing