NASA Photo ID: SL4-137-3721        File Name: 10076363.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 02/01/74
Title: Plankton blooms in the Falkland Current east of Argentina coast
Description:
Plankton blooms and color variations in the Falkland Current east of the 
Argentina coast in the South Atlantic Ocean as seen from the Skylab space 
station in Earth orbit. This current flows north and northeastward along
the  Argentine coast to near 40 degrees south latitude where it meets the
Brazil  Current and the two swing eastward.                 

Subject terms:
ARGENTINA                               
ATLANTIC OCEAN                          
COASTS                                  
CURRENTS                                
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
EDDY CURRENTS                           
OCEAN CURRENTS                          
OCEAN SURFACE                           
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
PLANKTON                                
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          

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