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File:The Danube Spills into the Black Sea.jpg

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English: This cloud-free Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) view of the Black Sea reveals the colourful interplay of currents on the lake’s surface. The green crescent shaped pattern in the north-western corner of the Black Sea is due to the nutrient-rich, sediment-laden discharge of the Danube River stimulating biological activity. The brighter, more turquoise patterns on the lake to the south and east are probably blooms of another type of phytoplankton.
Date 10 June 2003
Source NASA Earth Observatory
Author The SeaWiFS Project

Image courtesy of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Centre, and ORBIMAGE.

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