Cruise Track (IMAGE) Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Caption Looking at our planet from the right side, there is a lot of water and little earth. RV Sonne crossed the SPG from Chile to New Zealand. The picture also shows chlorophyll concentrations derived from NASA imagery. Dark areas show the gyre middle or 'desert'. Credit modified from Google Earth / NASA Usage Restrictions To be used only in the context of this publication citing the copyright. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.