Earth's Aquarium

Alaska

Landsat 8

Acquired 2014-09-22

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4

These green and blue swirls in the Bering Sea reveal the bottom of the food chain in the ocean. Microscopic organisms called phytoplankton, which are important to fish populations, may be too small to be seen individually, but in vast numbers they are visible from space. The white clouds in the image look like bubbles in an aquarium.

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U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

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Imagery curated from Earth as Art, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.

Acquired 2014-09-22Landsat 8

OA-025

Earth's Aquarium

Alaska

Landsat 8

Acquired 2014-09-22

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4

These green and blue swirls in the Bering Sea reveal the bottom of the food chain in the ocean. Microscopic organisms called phytoplankton, which are important to fish populations, may be too small to be seen individually, but in vast numbers they are visible from space. The white clouds in the image look like bubbles in an aquarium.

Curated from

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

Limited edition

20 of 20 remaining

Available as

Not yet in the shop. Get in touch → for commissions or an early print of this scene.

← Back to archive

← Previous

Lava Field

OA-024

Next →

Bleeding Heart

OA-026