File:Bloom in Hood Canal, Washington (MODIS 2016-08-11).jpg
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English: On July 24, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of a phytoplankton bloom in Hood Canal—a fjord in Washington’s Puget Sound. The waters in this canal can be very productive, especially in bright, sunny weather such as experienced in the region in mid-July.
According to NASA’s Earth Observatory, on July 21, 2016, Teri King of Washington Sea Grant caught a glimpse of the bloom while driving along Hood Canal; she was on her way to provide training for “SoundToxins,” a citizen-science monitoring program that documents harmful algal blooms, unusual bloom events, and new species entering the Salish Sea. King pulled over, grabbed a water sample, and confirmed that the color was due to a coccolithophore bloom. Coccolithophores are microscopic plankton that are plated with white calcium carbonate. The plates can impart a milky, turquoise hue to the water that is often visible from space. “It is hard to miss a bloom of this color,” King wrote on Facebook. “We don’t see them often, but when we do it is remarkable.” A large bloom of coccolithophore was previously observed in Hood Canal in July and August 2007, as documented by the Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen Program. The July 2016 bloom is expected to coincide with oyster spawning in Hood Canal, which should begin soon. “We don’t believe there will be a problem with the spawn and the bloom,” King said. “We are watching closely.” |
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Date | Taken on 24 July 2016 | ||
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Author | Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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