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The Turbulent Bering Sea [detail]
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The Turbulent Bering Sea [detail]

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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Large blooms of phytoplankton (likely coccolithophores) surrounded the 51-kilometer-long St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea on October 8, 2014 when the above Aqua-MODIS image was collected. The swirls and eddies of color give some indication of the turbulent nature of these waters. The reflective blooms have been visible from orbit for a few months now.

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Credit lineThe Turbulent Bering Sea [detail]. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000949.
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