Bright Blues in the Barents

These shallow Arctic waters frequently produce phytoplankton blooms spanning hundreds of kilometers in the summer.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published August 12, 2024
Data acquired August 9, 2024

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NOAA-21 > VIIRS