Stunning Soccer: The World Cup 2014 from Space (Photos)

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A springtime phytoplankton bloom created these blue and greenish swirls dancing in the waters in the Bay of Biscay, off the western coast of France.

(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory)

A springtime phytoplankton bloom created these blue and greenish swirls dancing in the waters in the Bay of Biscay, off the western coast of France. The teensy plant-like organisms were captured in this natural-color image from May 4 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.

Jeanna Bryner
Managing editor, Scientific American

Jeanna Bryner is managing editor of Scientific American. Previously she was editor in chief of Live Science and, prior to that, an editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. She has worked as a biologist in Florida, where she monitored wetlands and did field surveys for endangered species, including the gorgeous Florida Scrub Jay. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is a firm believer that science is for everyone and that just about everything can be viewed through the lens of science.