Large phytoplankton bloom that occurred around New Zealand, 2009
Rights: Jeff Schmaltz, MOD IS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC Published 17 September 2009, Updated 11 November 2019 Size: 760 KB Referencing Hub media

This image shows a large phytoplankton bloom that occurred around New Zealand in October 2009. The image was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.

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