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Nature 441, 798 (15 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441798a; Published online 14 June 2006
Snapshot: Atlantic in bloom
Jim Giles
The death throes of a giant plankton bloom (the milky blue ribbon in the photograph) have been captured by Envisat, an earth-observation satellite operated by the European Space Agency. The algal bloom, snapped on 6 June, is among the largest recorded — at around 500 km long, it stretches the full length of Ireland.
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