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| Whitings, Bahamas: The bright, ellipitical white features in this photo are whitings in the Little Bahama Bank. Whitings are suspensions of sediment that are produced by blooms of microscopic algae. They can produce great quantities of lime muds in places like the Bahamas. Intricate patterns of sand ridges and channels that are formed by tidal currents ring the bank, marking the edge between the shallow bank waters (depths less than 10 m) and the much deeper offshore waters (dark blue). |
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