Phytoplankton Bloom Near the Pribilof Islands off the Coast of Alaska (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Phytoplankton Bloom Near the Pribilof Islands off the Coast of Alaska

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Phytoplankton bloom (green and blue swirls) near the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea. The turquoise waters are likely colored by a type of phytoplankton called coccolithophores. This Sept. 22, 2014, image was created with Landsat 8 data.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Norman Kuring; USGS

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