Magnificent Marine Algae Blooms Seen From Space
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South Georgia Island
At the bottom of the image above, the snow-covered South Georgia Island is accompanied by large icebergs that drifted north from Antarctica, which is about 1,000 miles to the south. The swirling blue and green phytoplankton bloom to the north was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite on Jan. 16, 2004.
Image: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team /NASA.