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. 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.” NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

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. 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.”
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.