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   November 15, 2022 - Bloom off Namib Desert   
      
      Bloom off Namib   
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      Streaks and swirls of glowing jewel-like tones colored the waters of   
      the South Atlantic Ocean, creating a sharp contrast to the soft orange   
      sands of the Namib Desert in mid-November 2022. The Moderate Resolution   
      Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite   
      acquired this true-color image on November 14.   
      
      The bright colors stretch across the ocean for hundreds of kilometers,   
      each marking a bloom of microscopic plant-like organisms known as   
      phytoplankton. Such blooms are common in the coastal waters off   
      southwest Africa where cold, nutrient-rich currents sweep north from   
      Antarctica and interact with the coastal shelf. At the same time, the   
      easterly trade winds push surface water away from the shore, allowing   
      water from the ocean’s floor to rise to the surface, bringing with it   
      iron and other material. Both the currents and upwelling water creates   
      a nutrient-rich environment where these tiny surface-dwelling ocean   
      plants thrive.   
      
      At the top of the image, a broad bank of fog creeps over the coast of   
      the northern Namib Desert. The extremely arid Namib is the only coastal   
      desert in the world to contain large dune fields influenced by fog.   
      Although rain rarely falls across the desert, the humidity and moisture   
      of fog encourages the growth of diverse vegetation, especially on the   
      rocky hills or mountains that rise above the desert.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 11/14/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (328 KB),  500m (833.2 KB),  250m (1.8 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=2022-11-15   
       
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