Antarctic sea ice is lean and green: image of the day

It may look like someone dyed the water green for St. Patricks Day, but the green hue visible off the coast ofAntarctica is entirely natural.On March 5, 2017, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured these natural-color images of water,sea ice, and phytoplankton. The region pictured i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: NASA 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
St. Patricks
Antarc*
Sea ice
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/115182
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Summary:It may look like someone dyed the water green for St. Patricks Day, but the green hue visible off the coast ofAntarctica is entirely natural.On March 5, 2017, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured these natural-color images of water,sea ice, and phytoplankton. The region pictured is Antarcticas Granite Harbora cove in the vicinity of the RossSea. The first image shows a wide view of the area, and the subsequent images show detailed views of the greenslush ice.

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