An oblique view of mostly cloud-free western Europe shows phytoplankton blooms in the waters around the British Isles. Land surfaces are various shades of green and brown with some white snow-covered mountains. Atlantic Ocean and North and Baltic Sea waters have mostly, blue, green, and aquamarine hues. Surrounding clouds are white. The source data for the image were collected during four orbits of the Aqua / MODIS instrument on April 7, 2025.

The British Isles are seldom so cloud free, so I thought this recent #AquaMODIS view worth sharing, especially since the spring phytoplankton bloom had painted the ocean so nicely.

John of Gaunt never got to see "This earth of majesty" from such a perspective.

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Another winter, another #NoctilucaScintillans bloom in the #ArabianSea, spied beneath a pall of atmospheric aerosols by #AquaMODIS.

Larger version of the image available here:

With MODIS we notice uncountable protists*.
Small phytos, en masse, paint a wonder down under.

#TasmanSea #ChathamRise

Full 8 November 2022 #AquaMODIS composite here:


* I imagine the cyanobacteria contribute too, but that would be a different rhyme. 🤔

This oblique #AquaMODIS Florida view shows coastal water turned turquoise by seafloor sediments that were mixed upwards when #HurricaneIan plowed through. Near shore, sediment & #dissolvedOrganicMatter from land color the water brown.

Large version here: