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Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: MERIS
Acquisition: April 1, 2010
Image Credit: ESA

Straits of Florida

This Envisat image shows the Straits of Florida, the area where the Loop Current flows eastward out of the Gulf of Mexico (visible west of Florida) before joining the Gulf Stream and flowing along the eastern coastlines of the US and Newfoundland. This image was acquired by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) on 1 April 2010 at a resolution of 300 m.

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