NASA captured the Black Sea turning brilliant turquoise from space

ScienceDaily
Jul 15, 2026, 9:21 am82 pts
NASA's PACE satellite captured the Black Sea glowing turquoise during its annual phytoplankton bloom. The vivid color comes from massive numbers of coccolithophores, microscopic organisms whose reflective shells brighten the water enough to be seen from space. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station…

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