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Bloom in the Gulf of Aden

Phytoplankton blooms tend to show up in this Gulf in mid-summer and mid-autumn, but they can happen in winter too.


NASA image by Norman Kuring, NASA’s Ocean Biology Processing Group. Photograph courtesy of Joaquim Goes, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published April 2, 2018
Data acquired February 12, 2018

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
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