Ocean Color Image Gallery

Gulf of California

Separated from the eastern North Pacific Ocean by Mexico's Baja Peninsula, the Gulf of California shows some of its algal colors in this Aqua/MODIS view collected on October 23, 2019. The phytoplankton that grow here support (directly or indirectly) a rich diversity of marine life including the vaquita which lives at the northernmost end of the gulf but is nearing extinction.

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