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White Sea Traps Seal Pups
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White Sea Traps Seal Pups |
| Abstract |
According to reports, some 200,000 young seals face starvation after becoming trapped on ice in the White Sea of northern Russia. The seals, born last year, should have floated on the ice out to the nearby Barents Sea, but the ice this year has remained stuck to the shores of the White Sea. |
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2001-05-16 |
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White Sea Traps Seal Pups
| Title |
White Sea Traps Seal Pups |
| Abstract |
According to reports, some 200,000 young seals face starvation after becoming trapped on ice in the White Sea of northern Russia. The seals, born last year, should have floated on the ice out to the nearby Barents Sea, but the ice this year has remained stuck to the shores of the White Sea. |
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2001-05-16 |
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White Sea Traps Seal Pups
| Title |
White Sea Traps Seal Pups |
| Abstract |
According to reports, some 200,000 young seals face starvation after becoming trapped on ice in the White Sea of northern Russia. The seals, born last year, should have floated on the ice out to the nearby Barents Sea, but the ice this year has remained stuck to the shores of the White Sea. |
| Completed |
2001-05-16 |
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White Sea Traps Seal Pups
| Title |
White Sea Traps Seal Pups |
| Abstract |
According to reports, some 200,000 young seals face starvation after becoming trapped on ice in the White Sea of northern Russia. The seals, born last year, should have floated on the ice out to the nearby Barents Sea, but the ice this year has remained stuck to the shores of the White Sea. |
| Completed |
2001-05-16 |
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White Sea Traps Seal Pups
| Title |
White Sea Traps Seal Pups |
| Abstract |
According to reports, some 200,000 young seals face starvation after becoming trapped on ice in the White Sea of northern Russia. The seals, born last year, should have floated on the ice out to the nearby Barents Sea, but the ice this year has remained stuck to the shores of the White Sea. |
| Completed |
2001-05-16 |
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White Sea Traps Seal Pups
| Title |
White Sea Traps Seal Pups |
| Abstract |
According to reports, some 200,000 young seals face starvation after becoming trapped on ice in the White Sea of northern Russia. The seals, born last year, should have floated on the ice out to the nearby Barents Sea, but the ice this year has remained stuck to the shores of the White Sea. |
| Completed |
2001-05-16 |
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Bloom in the Barents Sea
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Bloom in the Barents Sea |
| Description |
A break in the clouds provided a window to a brilliant display of color in the Barents Sea north off Norway on August 1, 2007. The bright aquamarine hues suggest that this is likely a coccolithophore [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Coccolithophores/ ] bloom. A coccolithophore is a tiny, surface-dwelling ocean plant that is coated with microscopic limestone (calcite) scales. This white coating makes the plant highly reflective. It reflects nearly all of the light that hits it, and it is this reflected light that gives the ocean the radiant blue color seen in this image. Coccolithophores flourish in nutrient-poor, sub-polar waters. Like other types of microscopic ocean plants (phytoplankton), coccolithophores are an important food source for fish and other marine animals. Coccolithophore blooms occur when large numbers of the plants grow in one place. Such blooms can be large: The visible portion of this bloom covers about 150,000 square kilometers (57,000 square miles) or roughly the area of Wisconsin. [ http://www.sco.wisc.edu/maps/WIstatistics.php ] The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image. NASA image courtesy Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Group [ http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Canadian Smoke off Norway
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Canadian Smoke off Norway |
| Description |
Smoke (greyish pixels) from the wildfires in Saskatchewan has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived over the shores of Norway on July 12, 2002. The brighter, turquoise swirls in the otherwise dark waters of the Barents Sea indicate the presence of a large phytoplankton bloom. This true-color scene was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, flying aboard NASA?s Terra satellite. Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor?s fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Nor
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Norway |
| Description |
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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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Nor
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Norway |
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An extra-tropical low pressure system swirls over the Baltic States in this image, captured by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) on July 30, 2004. Along the top of the image, a splash of bright blue colors the waters of the Barents Sea, north of Norway. The color is caused by a large phytoplankton bloom, which are common in the region during the summer. It's not clear what kind of plant is causing the bloom, but the brightness of the color suggests coccolithophores, a type of microscopic plant coated in calcium carbonate (chalk). Their white, chalky exteriors reflect light through the blue ocean water, making bright swirls of turquoise in satellite imagery. Image provided by the SeaWiFS Project [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ], NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Nor
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Norway |
| Description |
Turquoise swirls in the cool Barents Sea north of Norway are caused by a bloom of phytoplankton, microscopic plants that turn ocean waters bright blue and green when viewed from space. The bright blue color suggests that this bloom may be caused by coccolithophores, tiny plants coated in white calcium carbonate (chalk). The white plates reflect light, and through the blue reflectance of the water, turn the water the brilliant blue seen here. This image of the bloom was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] (MODIS) on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite on August 1, 2004. The image has a resolution of 250 meters per pixel, but is available in additional resolutions [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2004214-0801/Norway.A2004214.1100.148 ]. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS 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 |
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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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Mjølnir: Impact Crater
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Mjølnir: Impact Crater |
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The stark surface of Earth's moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990326.html ] is pocked with large craters, records of a history of fierce bombardment by the solar system's formative debris. It may be difficult to imagine, but nearby planet Earth itself has endured [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971012.html ] a similar cosmic pounding, though oceans, weathering, and geological activity have removed or hidden many of the telltale scars. For example, this false color image produced from seismic data shows a recently discovered ringed structure [ http://www.geologi.uio.no/avdG/mjolnir/mjolnir.html ] about 24 miles wide on the floor of the Barents Sea [ http://www.geologi.uio.no/avdG/mjolnir/photo_gallery/ html/location.html ]. It is most probably the result of the impact, roughly 150 million years ago, of a mile or so wide asteroid-like body. Estimates indicate [ http://www.geologi.uio.no/avdG/mjolnir/photo_gallery/ html/environ_cons.html ] that the energy released in the impact could have [ http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/index.html ] been as high as a million megatons of TNT, resulting in immense earthquakes and tidal waves. Drawing on Norse mythology [ http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/mythology.html ], the crater has been aptly named [ http://www.islandia.is/~oldnorse/gods/thor.htm ] Mjølnir - Thor's hammer. |
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Coccolithophores in the Bare
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The Barents Sea features a s
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Barents.TMO2002234
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-08-22 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Barents.TMO2002234 |
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Bloom in the Barents Sea: Na
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
A break in the clouds provid
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ge_18843
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2007-08-01 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ge_18843 |
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Canadian Smoke off Norway: N
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Smoke (greyish pixels) from
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Norway_TMO2002193
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2002-07-12 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Norway_TMO2002193 |
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Nor
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Turquoise swirls in the cool
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Norway_TMO_2004214
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-08-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Norway_TMO_2004214 |
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Phytoplankton Bloom Near Nor
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Turquoise swirls in the cool
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Norway_TMO_2004214
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-08-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Norway_TMO_2004214 |
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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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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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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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