Phytoplankyon Bloom in the Gulf of California

Satellite
Baja California
SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, ORBIMAGE

This SeaWiFS image from October 6, 2001 shows a phytoplankton bloom in progress around the southern tip of Baja California, Mexico. At the bottom center of the full-resolution image, a vortex street is visible in the clouds to the southwest of Socorro Island.

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Phytoplankyon Bloom in the Gulf of California