# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bll4dABgSYw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11735081-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/2ac22dc286.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-07-23T23:03:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Every summer, phytoplankton spread across the northern basins of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, with blooms spanning hundreds and sometimes thousands of kilometers. One of our Earth-observing satellites captured this natural-color image of striking swirls of green seawater rich with blooms of phytoplankton whirling in the Gulf of Finland, a section of the Baltic Sea. Note how the phytoplankton trace the edges of a vortex; it is possible that this ocean whirlpool is pumping up nutrients from the depths.

Credit: NASA/U. S. Geological Survey/ Joshua Stevens/Lauren Dauphin

#nasa #science #vortex #phytoplankton #earth #landsat #picoftheday #finland #earthview #views #satellite #lava #balticSea #beautiful #blooms

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earth, nasa, picoftheday, earthview, lava, blooms, landsat, balticsea, satellite, science, finland, beautiful, phytoplankton, views, vortex

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