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Summer Color for Hood Canal

Though they were a bit tardy this year, the coccolithophores have arrived in Washington’s waters.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Michael Carlowicz, with reporting from Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 26, 2022
Data acquired August 20 - 21, 2022

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Landsat 9 > OLI-2