Located in the southern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of southern Argentina,the Falkland Islands are a territory of the United Kingdom, and arecomprised of more than 200 islands. Shown here in a true-color image acquiredby the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on October 20, 2001,West and East Falkland, left to right respectively, are by far the two largestislands of this archipelago. Also visible is a large phytoplankton bloomthat is marked by the blue-green swirls off the northern coast of West Falkland.
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
