The coccolithophore (click here to read more about coccolithophore: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Coccolithophores/ )has been part of the Black Sea ecology for millennia. In the summer these calcite-shedding phytoplankton can color much of the Black Sea cyan, as is evident in this Aqua-MODIS image collected on July 15, 2012.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/MODIS
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esposocaballo 10 months ago | reply
awesome!
lorenzoviolone 10 months ago | reply
WoW!
DANI28256 10 months ago | reply
wonderful!
jaffles 10 months ago | reply
So wonderful!
Mairi M Martin 10 months ago | reply
Another truly awesome image !
Cliff's Photography, Why change ???? 10 months ago | reply
amazing!
GISNMIL 10 months ago | reply
С такого ракурса вижу впервые
Alexandra Christina Photo 10 months ago | reply
Those are some great colors!
Vlad Feoktistov 10 months ago | reply
Gorgeous! My hometown Sochi is under clouds BTW :)
Steven N. Maliarakis Online Photo Atlas 10 months ago | reply
And there is my Home Town, the Island of Rhodes in Greece. Always so beautiful!
deos19 10 months ago | reply
Wow! i see my house-)