File:Sea of Marmara, Turkey (MODIS 2015-05-27).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (1,600 × 1,200 pixels, file size: 503 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this true-color image of the event on May 25.

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: A spring phytoplankton bloom colored the Sea of Marmara with brilliantly colored swirls of various shades of green in late May, 2015. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this true-color image of the event on May 25.

The Sea of Marmara lies between Europe and Asia, and is connected to both the Black Sea, to the northeast and the Aegean Sea, in the southwest. Water flows from the Black Sea into the Sea of Marmara via the Bosporus and from the Sea of Marmara into the Aegean Sea through the Dardanelles. This pattern of water flow can be seen in this image, as a tendril of clear blue water cuts snakes through the northeastern section of the Sea, and inflow also is responsible for the swirling dark green/milky green pattern near the dark tendril. On the opposite side of the Marmara, phytoplankton-tinted water pours through the Dardanelles and into the Aegean.

Scientists have listed at least 168 different types of phytoplankton in the Sea of Marmara. However, the blooms tend to be extremely rich in a single, or only a few, predominant species. This sea has a three-phase phytoplankton bloom sequence. Diatoms tend to predominate in March, dinoflagellates in April, and the dramatically colorful blooms of Emiliana huxleyi predominate in May. This particular bloom is typical of E. huxleyi near peak bloom.
Date Taken on 25 May 2015
Source

Sea of Marmara, Turkey (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2015-05-27.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Other languages:

العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
This media is a product of the
Terra mission
Credit and attribution belongs to the mission team, if not already specified in the "author" row

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:37, 14 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 21:37, 14 February 20241,600 × 1,200 (503 KB)OptimusPrimeBot (talk | contribs)#Spacemedia - Upload of http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/images/image05272015_250m.jpg via Commons:Spacemedia

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Sea_of_Marmara,_Turkey_(MODIS_2015-05-27).jpg&oldid=909382527"