Archivo: Trichodesmium bloom, SW Pacific

Description: The image, acquired on December 19, 2014, with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite, shows a bloom of Trichodesmium erythraeum in the southwest Pacific Ocean between New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Title: Trichodesmium bloom, SW Pacific
Credit: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85073&src=eoa-iotd
Author: NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite
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