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Deadly Blooms in the Gulf of Mannar

Though Noctiluca scintillans blooms have long been noted in the shallow gulf, they have become more frequent and intense since 2019.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Deadly Blooms in the Gulf of Mannar.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Allison Nussbaum, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photographs courtesy of the Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published May 8, 2023
Data acquired September 23, 2022

Sources:: Landsat 9 > OLI-2; Photograph