Chlorophyll a along the Mid-Atlantic coast, USA

True color base image overlaid with Chlorophyll a from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, aboard the Terra satellite. The information was acquired on 27 May 2019. This rainbow color palette applied to the Chlorophyll a layer shows a gradient from reds to blues/violets where reds indicate high Chlorophyll a concentrations, and blues/violets indicate lower Chlorophyll a concentrations.

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