A grain of wisdom

Next to San Jose is a small town called Alviso, located at the San Francisco Bay in California. We went to the Alviso Marina County Park before sunrise to take photos of the colorful and calm salt ponds. Salt ponds range from blue green to deep magenta – colored naturally by the microorganisms that thrive as salinity levels increase from evaporation. Three microorganisms in particular, Synechococcus, Halobacteria, and Dunaliella, influence the color of salt ponds. This is one of the salt pillars sticking out of the red brine.

 

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