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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Nor
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Norway |
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Phytoplankton form brilliant swirls of green in the Barents Sea north of Norway. Phytoplankton are microscopic marine organisms that thrive in nutrient-rich cold waters. The striking turquoise color is caused in part by sunlight reflecting off of chlorophyll in the phytoplankton, which (like terrestrial plants) use the process of photosynthesis to create carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water. The brightness of the color indicates that the plants are probably coated with calcium carbonate, white chalk, which makes the water appear a bright blue in satellite imagery. Phytoplankton blooms are common in the Barents Sea in the summer, after winter?s ice has receded from the region. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite acquired this image on July 27, 2004. The large image provided above is at MODIS? maximum resolution of 250 meters per pixel. It is available from the MODIS Rapid Response Team in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004209-0727/Norway2.A2004209.0925 ]. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Smoke Over Northern Europe a
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Smoke Over Northern Europe and the Atlantic |
| Description |
Spring agricultural fires were burning in western Russia [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13539 ] throughout the end of April and early May 2006. The smoke from these fires has been spreading northward over Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and out over the Barents Sea. This image from April 30, 2006, was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite. Smoke casts a gray pall over the blue waters of the ocean. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Spring Fires in Western Russ
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Spring Fires in Western Russia |
| Description |
Hundreds of fires, most of them probably related to agriculture, were burning in western Russia on May 1, 2006. This image of the area was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov ] satellite, and places where the sensor detected actively burning fires are marked in red. A swath of smoke makes a clockwise arc around the western (left) side of the scene, passing over several countries in Eastern Europe and shrouding the Gulf of Finland. The smoke plume travels far to the north and spreads out over the Barents Sea. [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13540 ] NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] team. |
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Spring Fires in Western Russ
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Hundreds of fires, most of t
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eeurope_amo_2006121
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2006-05-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
eeurope_amo_2006121 |
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Nor
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Phytoplankton form brilliant
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Norway_AMO2004209
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-07-27 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Norway_AMO2004209 |
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Nor
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Phytoplankton form brilliant
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Norway_AMO2004209
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-07-27 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Norway_AMO2004209 |
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Smoke Over Northern Europe a
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Spring agricultural fires we
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Scandinavia.AMO2006120
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2006-04-30 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Scandinavia.AMO2006120 |
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Barents Sea Phytoplankton Bl
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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In the Barents Sea north of
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barents_amo_2006241
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2006-08-29 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA imagery created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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barents_amo_2006241 |
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Spectacular Bloom in the Bar
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The Barents Sea north of Nor
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Norway.A2003200
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-07-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Norway.A2003200 |
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