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Image of the Day…Sky View of Earth…

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composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans from Suomi NPP

This composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft on April 9, 2015, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. Tropical Cyclone Joalane can be seen over the Indian Ocean.

Winds, tides and density differences constantly stir the oceans while phytoplankton continually grow and die. Orbiting radiometers such as VIIRS allows scientists to track this variability over time and contribute to better understanding of ocean processes that are beneficial to human survival on Earth. The image was created by the Ocean Biology Processing Group at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

For more information, please visit: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/ and http://www.nasa.gov/npp

Image Credit: Ocean Biology Processing Group at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

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This seaweed farm looks amazing from space…

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Seaweed farms in South Korea

In January 2014, the Operational Land Imager on NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite captured a series of photos from around South Korea’s Sisan Island. The shallow coastal waters were filled with arrays of evenly spaced patches, like plots in a garden. The verdict? It’s a seaweed farm.
Seaweed Farms in South Korea

The Goddard Space Flight Center’s Flickr page, where the photos are posted, explains that seaweed farming is pretty popular in South Korea. Seaweed patches are rigged up to ropes and buoys to help them stay put and grow better under the constant fluctuation of the tides. More than 90 percent of the seaweed consumed worldwide is farmed, and more than 90 percent of South Korea’s crop, which includes the sushi seaweed known as nori is found off the south coast, where these pictures were taken.

Read the original article on Modern Notion.

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http://www.businessinsider.com

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