South Africa Phytoplankton

SeaWiFS captured this view of a long straight phytoplankton bloom extending from the southern tip of Africa. A few smoke plumes are barely visible just to the east of Cape Town.

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

Published March 28, 1999
Data acquired March 28, 1999

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton

Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton