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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA�s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of the waters off Namibia on February 15, 2015.

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English: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA�s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of the waters off Namibia on February 15, 2015. Naturally occurring plumes of hydrogen sulfide were rising from the ocean floor and discoloring the sea surface. Along the coast of Namibia, easterly winds push surface waters offshore and promote upwelling near the coast. Studies have described how bacteria in oxygen-depleted bottom waters off Namibia consume organic matter and produce prodigious amounts of hydrogen sulfide. As the gas bubbles up into more oxygen-rich water, the sulfur precipitates out and floats near the surface.
Date Taken on 15 February 2015
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Hydrogen sulphide eruptions along the coast of Namibia (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2015-03-02.

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Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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