snow algae
A red algae that grows on snow, with the pouch for my point-and-shoot for scale.
I first saw this stuff above the Cathedral Lakes ca. 1989.
Wikipedia says it's also called 'watermelon snow', officially Chlamydomonas nivalis.
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snow algae
A red algae that grows on snow, with the pouch for my point-and-shoot for scale.
I first saw this stuff above the Cathedral Lakes ca. 1989.
Wikipedia says it's also called 'watermelon snow', officially Chlamydomonas nivalis.
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Taken on July 13, 2014