title: Read/Open a modis aqua .hdf file and display/plot the output in gdal and matplotlib
body: <p>I have tried and search on how to solve this but still can't find a way on how to do read and plot this in gdal and matplotlib from a given Modis Aqua .hdf file. Any help is much appreciated. By the way am using Python 2.7.5 in Windows 7. The filename is <code>A2014037040000.L2_LAC.SeAHABS.hdf</code>.Among the Geophysical Datas of the hdf file I will only be using the chlor_a.</p>
  
  <p>Update:</p>
  
  <p>Here is the link of the sample file.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0i8vbslit6c0a9u/A2014037040500.L2%5fLAC.SeAHABS.hdf" rel="nofollow">A2014037040500.L2_LAC.SeAHABS.hdf</a></p>