Gulf of Alaska

Increasing solar illumination brings increased phytoplankton growth to the Gulf of Alaska every spring, and this year is no exception. The above image was collected on May 2, 2014 several orbits of Aqua-MODIS.

High res: oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/FEATURE/IMAGES/A2014122.GulfOfAl...

Credit: NASA/Goddard/OceanColor/MODIS

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