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Phytoplankton bloom off New Zealand

Posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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Phytoplankton bloom off New Zealand
Image credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC

Uploader comment: Intricate and flowing swirls of turquoise and green graced the Pacific Ocean off of New Zealand’s South Island in early summer, 2012. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this colorful image on December 20.


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