SeaWiFS captured this image of the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States on October 3, 2000. This view shows considerable amounts of colored organic matter and suspended sediment in the water. The apparent lighter color of the ocean from the Carolinas northward is caused by atmospheric aerosols, which scatter incoming solar radiation back into space.
Credit: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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Dense smoke from fires in the Yucatan peninsula were captured by SeaWiFS on April 24, 2000.
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The global relationship between temperature and productivity was one that scientists first observed in SeaWiFS data and is illustrated in this image. The places with the lowest chlorophyll concentrations are in the sun-baked tropics, while the cold waters at the poles have high chlorophyll concentrations.
Credit: NASA image by Robert Simmon, based on SeaWiFS data
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On March 19, 2001, SeaWiFS captured this image of an algal bloom off the coast of Norway. This harmful bloom was carried by currents from the Swedish coast to the Norwegian coast, where it killed more than 1,000 tons of salmon in fish farms over the course of a week.
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In December 2004, SeaWiFS captured this image of a phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Heavy rains triggered floods across the southeastern United States. The draining floodwater carried agricultural run-off into the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, perhaps providing the nutrients the microscopic ocean plants needed to thrive.
Credit: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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