Gallery: Incredible Images of Algal Blooms Taken From Space

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    Lake Erie on October 5, 2011.
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    The Pribilof Islands in the Bearing Sea, on September 22, 2014.
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    The Yellow Sea on February 24, 2015.
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    The Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, on September 4, 2014.
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    Lake Atitlán in Guatemala on November 22, 2009.
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    South Atlantic Ocean, east of Argentina, on October 27, 2012.
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    The Baltic Sea on July 5, 2005.
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    Blooms in the Bering Sea seen from the International Space Station, on September 5, 2014.
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