Oct 17 1986
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
Using data collected between June 1978 and summer 1986, from NASA's coastal zone color scanner on board the Nimbus-7 satellite, scientists from many international institutions completed a computer-generated color image that shows the distribution of microscopic plant life, phytoplankton, in surface waters over the North Atlantic Ocean. This image was generated by measuring sunlight reflected from the sea surface at five wavelengths to deter-mine ocean color. The most striking feature of the study for understanding man's role in carbon dioxide and other important cycles is the "spring bloom," high phytoplankton concentration extending across the Atlantic and into the North Sea. (NASA Release 86-147)
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