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Sea Ice Skylights Spur Phytoplankton Blooms

Skylights in Arctic sea ice provided ample light for a massive phytoplankton bloom in July 2011.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Sea Ice Skylights Spur Phytoplankton Blooms.

NASA Earth Observatory images created by Jesse Allen, using MODIS data from the Land Processing Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC). Caption adapted from “Melt pond ‘skylights’ enable massive under-ice bloom in Arctic” by Rebecca Lindsey, NOAA ClimateWatch Magazine.

Published December 11, 2012
Data acquired July 10, 2011