Phytoplankyon Bloom in the Gulf of California

Phytoplankyon Bloom in the Gulf of California

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.