Ocean-Colour Images
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Mediterranean Sea Ocean-colour image from MOS (IRS-P3) showing currents and eddies in the Mediterranean Sea. Visible on the image are two of the Balearic islands, Majorca (left) and Minorca, and part of the coastline of Algeria. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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Bay of Bengal High pigment concentrations in the Bay of Bengal at the mouth of the Ganges, close to Calcutta, India. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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The Black Sea March 1st, 1999 chlorophyll-a image of the Central Black Sea. The land to the top left is the eastern portion of Crimea, Ukraine, to the right is Russia. High chlorophyll-a concentrations are particularly noticeable in the Sea of Azov (top). The land to the bottom of the image is northern Turkey. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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Bay of Biscay High pigment concentrations in the bay of Biscay, France, around Nantes. To the top of the image, high pigment concentrations can also be seen in the Golfe de St. Malo. The northern coast of Spain is seen at the bottom of the image, taken by MOS (IRS-P3) on April 10th, 1997. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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Golfo de Cadiz This image, from February 26th, 1998, shows the Golfo de Cádiz, and Portugal and Spain at the top of the image, with the Cabo de Santa Maria pointing out into the Atlantic Ocean. High pigment concentrations can be seen around Huelva on the Spanish coast. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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German Bight MOS (IRS-P3) images of the German Bight, April 2nd, 1999. High pigment concentrations can be seen along the whole German coastline of the Helgoländer Bucht, these high concentrations also extend some way up the Danish coast. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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North Sea A toxic algal bloom observed by MOS in the North Sea off the coast of Norway on May 14th, 1998. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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Atlantic Ocean A coccolithophore bloom observed in the Atlantic Ocean off Cornwall, England on May 18th, 1998. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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Gujarat Coast Pigment concentration in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat Coast of India, with the Gulf of Cambay to the right of the image. MOS IRS-P3 image, March 4th, 1998. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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Baja California High pigment concentrations in the Gulf of California to the east of Baja California, Mexico, October 9th, 1997. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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Bahía de Campeche MOS/IRS-P3 image of March 3rd, 1999, showing the Bahía de Campeche (Gulf of Campeche), Mexico, with high pigment concentrations in the Laguna de Términos. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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Nova Scotia A MOS scene acquired at NASA on May 31st, 1999 showing the southern half of Nova Scotia. Image provided by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR (German Aerospace Centre). |
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