Bering Strait, Alaska, United States

Summer run off from the Yukon River, the source of which is hidden by clouds on image right, is filling the Norton Sound (image center) with brownish sediment. The Bering Sea (image left) appears to be supporting a large phytoplankton population, as blue-green swirls are evident from north to south in this true-color MODIS image of Alaska.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Published July 6, 2001
Data acquired July 6, 2001

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton

Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton

Oceans > Marine Sediments > Sediment Transport

Oceans > Marine Sediments > Suspended Solids