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NASA satellites continually orbit the globe, collecting information about the Earth. Satellites monitor activity of the oceans, land surfaces and life forms, such as phytoplankton.

Four layers of satellite images are overlaid here including land and sea temperature, vegitation coverage and chlorophyll concentration. Pause the animation to explore each layer in more detail.

Imagery produced by the NASA Earth Observations (NEO) in coordination with the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LPDAAC), the MODIS Land Science Team, the MODIS Atmosphere Science Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Goddard Ocean Color Group, Gene Feldman and Norman Kuring.