It could be discerned through the clouds for a few days already, a huge algal bloom off the coast of Norway, and yesterday it finally came into full view. I've made a couple of wallpapers out of it for my laptop monitor (1366 x 768 resolution). I liked these two best:
Go get it while it's still there over at LANCE-MODIS, splice the two images together (250m resolution) and copy part of it in your monitor's resolution. It's an awesome background.
Hi Neven,
Just to note that some research earlier this year, IIRC, suggested that algae frozen within the ice had a major role in the initial melt, as it secretes a sort of natural anti-freeze.
Posted by: idunno | August 16, 2011 at 11:58