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   May 22, 2022 - Bloom in Bass Strait   
      
      Bloom in Bass Strait   
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      Swaths of milky-toned peacock blue tones marked a bloom of   
      phytoplankton just off the northern coast of Tasmania, in mid-May 2022.   
      The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board   
      NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the colors   
      tinting the water of the Bass Strait through a cloudy sky on May 20.   
      
      Phytoplankton are microscopic plant-like organisms that live in these   
      waters in small quantities year-round and, when conditions are just   
      right, can reproduce explosively to create large floating colonies   
      (blooms) that are easily seen from space. The Bass Strait separates   
      mainland Australia (north) from Tasmania (south) and has a varied   
      topography that helps create upwellings of nutrients from the shallow   
      seafloor, helping spur phytoplankton blooms during various times of the   
      year, especially from January to March, but blooms may be present at   
      almost any time. These organisms for the base of the marine food chain   
      and so support a rich fishery and biodiverse marine ecosystem in the   
      strait.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 5/20/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (257.4 KB),  500m (697.8 KB),  250m (1.6 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-05-22   
       
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