The vibrant colours in this image are from tiny organisms, phytoplankton, that grow explosively in the North Atlantic—from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iceland" class="mw-redirect" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> to the shores of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Franc" title="Franc">France</a>—in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spring" title="Spring">spring</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Summer" title="Summer">summer</a>.
Jeff Schmaltz
2010-05-26
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