Ocean algal bloom

Description

This satellite image shows an algal (Emiliania huxleyi) bloom in the English Channel. The Emiliania huxleyi virus (EhV) infects algae. Water samples taken from the bloom contained up to 1 million EhV per milliliter.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ UK NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service/ Steve Groom/ 1999

Source

http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/soes/staff/tt/eh/cwall99.html