Gogh big or Gogh home. 🖼⁣ ⁣ In the style of famous artist Van Gogh's painting Starry Night, massive congregations of greenish phytoplankton swirl in the dark water around Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. ⁣ Phytoplankton are microscopic marine plants that form the first link in nearly all ocean food chains. Population explosions or blooms of phytoplankton, like the one shown here, occur when deep currents bring nutrients up to sunlit surface waters. The sunny nutrient-rich waters fuel the growth and reproduction of these tiny plants.⁣ ⁣ In addition to its picturesque quality, Landsat satellite data collected through observations contribute to our understanding of Earth. From measuring the speed of Antarctic glaciers, to tracking water use in crop fields in the western United States, to monitoring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest—Landsat helps us better understand our changing planet.⁣ ⁣ Image Description: Reminiscent of the swirling oil-on-canvas look of a Vincent Van Gogh painting, the dark navy, teal, and blue eddies around Gotland combine with the green and yellow blooms of phytoplankton to create a portrait of the area from orbit. Gotland island narrowly bisects the center of the image upward, surrounded by the colorful Baltic waters. Its fields and forests appear in shades of warm greens. On the island's western coast, a small area of grey highlights the county capital of Visby.⁣ ⁣ Credit: @USGS/NASA/Landsat 7⁣ ⁣ #NASA #Earth #Ocean #Water #Island #VanGogh #Art #Space #Landsat #BalticSea #Sweden #Gotland #Fårö #Karlsö #Visby