Picture of the Day ? Phytoplankton Bloom in the Bering Sea

Peacock-hued splashes of color brightened the Bering Sea off the Alaskan coast on October 8, 2009, as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua satellite flew overhead.
This true-color image shows streaks running roughly northwest-southeast, north and east of Alaska?s St. Paul Island. A close look at the bright areas reveals that they [...]

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