Beautiful plankton blooms viewed from space
Monday, May 13, 2013 - 18:00
in Astronomy & Space
By Douglas MainLiveScienceAs weather warms up off the coast of France, blooms of plankton have once again begun to form, creating a beautiful, multicolored swirl visible from space.NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites acquired these images of the colorful blooms on April 20 and May 4, according to the NASA Earth Observatory. On the later date, a noticeably larger bloom occurred, fueled by nutrient ru...