Sargassum spotted by Sentinel-2

These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images show the Sargassum around 45 km off the west coast of Guadeloupe. The image on the left is a true-colour image while the one on the right has been processed using the near-infrared channel to highlight the Sargassum in bright red. The boat that can be seen travelling southeast is a large 250 m container ship for reference.

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