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 11 months ago | reply
awesome!
lorenzoviolone 11 months ago | reply
WoW!
DANI28256 11 months ago | reply
wonderful!
Mairi M Martin 11 months ago | reply
Another truly awesome image !
Cliff's Photography, Thank you friends!! 11 months ago | reply
amazing!
GISNMIL 11 months ago | reply
С такого ракурса вижу впервые
Alexandra Christina Photo 11 months ago | reply
Those are some great colors!
Vlad Feoktistov 11 months ago | reply
Gorgeous! My hometown Sochi is under clouds BTW :)
Steven N. Maliarakis Online Photo Atlas 11 months ago | reply
And there is my Home Town, the Island of Rhodes in Greece. Always so beautiful!
deos19 11 months ago | reply
Wow! i see my house-)
hitrun 2 weeks ago | reply
blue not black :)