Image:Coccolithophore bloom.jpg

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English: NASA SeaWiFS image taken on April 25, 1998, showing the en:coccolithophore en:bloom in the en:Bering Sea. This is not a false-color image: the greenish colour is caused by the high concentration of en:phytoplankton.
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http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1379

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Date

1998-04-25

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Centre, and ORBIMAGE

  • Original uploader was Lupo at en.wikipedia
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Public domain This image is from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project. Satellite data captured by the SeaWIFS sensor are released into the public domain 5 years after capture. Data less than five years old can be re-used only for educational or scientific purposes; any commercial use of such images must be coordinated with ORBIMAGE/GeoEye.

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  • 2005-06-20 09:49 Lupo 361×400×8 (32157 bytes) NASA SeaWiFS image taken on [[April 25]], [[1998]], showing the [[coccolithophore]] [[bloom]] in the [[Bering Sea]]. This is ''not'' a false-color image: the greenish colour is caused by the high concentration of [[phytoplankton]].<br>See also [http://eart

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