File:Algal bloom off Ireland.jpg
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Algal bloom off Ireland | |
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Photographer |
Envisat satellite, European Space Agency |
Title |
Algal bloom off Ireland |
Description |
English: Resembling the brush strokes of French Impressionist Claude Monet, electric blue-coloured plankton blooms swirl in the North Atlantic Ocean off Ireland in this Envisat image. 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.
While individually microscopic, the chlorophyll they use for photosynthesis collectively tints the surrounding ocean waters, providing a means of detecting these tiny organisms from space with dedicated 'ocean colour' sensors, like Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), which acquired this image on 23 May 2010 at a resolution of 300 m. |
Depicted place | Republic of Ireland |
Date | 23 May 2010 |
Collection | European Space Agency |
Accession number |
275928 |
Credit line | ESA |
Source | http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2012/10/Algal_bloom_off_Ireland |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
ESA,CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO |
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Keywords InfoField | Oceans and coastal zones; Plankton |
Set InfoField | Earth observation image of the week |
Mission InfoField | Envisat |
Activity InfoField | Observing the Earth |
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Pixel composition | RGB |
Number of components | 4 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Image width | 2,803 px |
Image height | 2,670 px |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Date and time of digitizing | 12:29, 25 May 2010 |
File change date and time | 12:01, 8 June 2010 |
Date metadata was last modified | 12:01, 8 June 2010 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:69BDEEF7D267DF119C60CC21F4DD2ABE |