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The Black Sea
The Black Sea

Late spring brings light-scattering coccolithophore blooms to the Black Sea. Those calcite-precipitating phytoplankton distinguish the Black Sea from its darker-colored neighboring seas to the south and east.

This Aqua/MODIS composite was collected over a few orbits on May 29, 2017. Click on the image above for a larger version.