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   January 24, 2023 - Bloom of Iberian Peninsula   
      
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      A winter phytoplankton bloom colored the waters of the North Atlantic   
      Ocean off the Iberian Peninsula in late January 2023. The Moderate   
      Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra   
      satellite acquired a true-color image of the scene on January 23.   
      
      Phytoplankton are microscopic plant-like organisms that live in   
      relatively small number in waters in this region year-round. Given   
      adequate sunlight and nutrients, phytoplankton can reproduce   
      explosively and create colorful blooms that are large enough to be   
      visible from space.   
      
      There is some color in the open waters of the North Atlantic, but most   
      appears near the coastline off of Portugal. It is likely that recent   
      heavy rains and flooding swept sediment and nutrients from the coast   
      into the ocean, spurring the growth of phytoplankton. Parts of the   
      Iberian Peninsula experienced heavy rain in late December, and Porto, a   
      city on the coast of Portugal, reported flooding as recently as January   
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      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 1/23/2024   
      Resolutions:  1km (815.3 KB),  500m (2.1 MB),  250m (1.5 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=2023-01-24   
       
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