Title
This Envisat image
Caption
This Envisat image, 2008 with the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer, captures a plankton bloom stretching across the Northeast Passage in the Barents Sea. Plankton, the most abundant type of life found in the ocean, are microscopic marine plants that drift on or near the surface of the sea.
Date
2008
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP11A01_036
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,5Mb (3,6Mb) / 14,0in x 14,0in / 4200 x 4200 (300dpi)