ملف:Spring Bloom Colors the Pacific Near Hokkaido.jpg

Sensor: MODIS Date: 21 May 2009 Time: 03:40 UT Description:

Divers phytoplankton communities lend their different colors
to the southern end of the Oyashio Current during the spring
bloom. The bands of color in this 21 May 2009 MODIS image of
the Pacific east of Japan highlight the eddy field that forms
where that southwestward flowing current turns to the east --
eventually joining with the Kuroshio Current to become the
North Pacific Current. Sun glint obscures the southwestern
corner of this image while aerosols from Asia obscure form
a hazy band across the northeastern corner.

Red channel: Band 1 (620-670 nm) Green channel: Band 4 (545-565 nm) Blue channel: Band 3 (459-479 nm) Projection: Transverse Mercator centered on 146 East Projection details:

mapproject -R138/30/156/47r -Jt146/1:800000