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Phytoplankton off the Mawson Coast

Landsat 8's OLI instrument captured this view of a dense phytoplankton bloom off of Antarctica's Mawson Coast on February 9, 2018. Sea ice and icebergS are also visible in this summertime, Southern-Ocean scene. Blue melt ponds

are scattered here and there along the otherwise icy Antarctic coast.