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English: Phytoplankton Bloom off Ireland. – Viewspace Caption: Swirling clouds of blue and green lit the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland on June 2, 2006, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image. The ocean is normally black in true-color, photo-like satellite images such as this one, but a large phytoplankton bloom lent the water its brilliant blue and green hues. Phytoplankton are microscopic plants that grow in the sunlit surface waters of the ocean. When enough of the plants grow in one place, the bloom can be seen from space. England appears to the east of Ireland. Towards the south of England, there appear to be smaller phytoplankton blooms near the coastline.
Date / IotD Date 2006-06-06
Source NASA: IotD ID 17297 – http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=17569
Author NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
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