Lichen covers a flower budding twig. It does no harm. Lichen are a symbiotic combination of fungus and algae/cyanobacteria.

45 layer focus stack. Processed in HeliconFocus and Affinity Photo.

Nature photography.

COLORFUL, YET TOXIC STEW FORMED BY ALGAE BLOOMS.

ALBERTA, CANADA

Groningen, The Netherlands

Soldier flies are one of my favorite photographic subjects in the summertime since they come in so many fantastic colors and shapes. Look for Odontomyia species near water since their larvae are aquatic and feed on algae in the detritus layer near the water's edge. After pupating in the spring, adults like this one emerge in summer to mate, lay more eggs and feed on flower nectar.

In coastal waters with rocks and algae, some small fish were searching for food.

Les dunes de la Platja del Serradal

Grau de Castelló (Spain).

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

I was lying on a rickety, wooden jetty, in a remote place, looking down into the sea, and watching the marine algae swaying around.

Algae bloom in one of the flooded fields at Elkhorn Slough, just north of Monterey, California.

From my Primordial Soup collection.

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A layer of blue-green algae on the surface of Limehouse Basin, Tower Hamlets, London.

Elkhorn Slough, near Monterey, California.

shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a pentax smc 50mm f1.4 m42 lens

.... on cobblestone on a reservoir overflow, oxygenating

This is a photo of beach rocks and algae at Clam Harbour Beach.

M.ZUIKO ED 60MM F2.8 MACRO, edited in Photoscape X Pro

Approaching Gdansk, Poland.

......... falling on oxygenating filamentous green algae in very shallow water on cobblestones ....

Galapagos Islands

Four sub species, each one of different length and found on different islands.

The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands. Unique among modern lizards, it is a marine reptile that has the ability to forage in the sea for algae, which makes up almost all of its diet. Marine iguanas are the only extant lizard that spends time in a marine environment. Large males are able to dive to find this food source, while females and smaller males feed during low tide in the intertidal zone. They mainly live in colonies on rocky shores where they bask after visiting the relatively cold water or intertidal zone, but can also be seen in marshes, mangrove swamps and beaches. Large males defend territories for a short period, but smaller males have other breeding strategies. After mating, the female digs a nest hole in the soil where she lays her eggs, leaving them to hatch on their own a few months later.

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Green algae thrives in the summer conditions on this woodland pool.

Last summer in the woods.

London, UK, June 2023

Bobolink Trail, Boulder.

Brookside, Wheaton, MD

Lambertville NJ

Tree lichens and algae on a hardwood in Richland Park. Been so warm lately I'm dusting off the macro lens getting ready for spring!

Unfortunately, I have no explanation for the sign! They might be referring to the river, but that's just a guess.

Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday!

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Taken in Ed Allen's Campground, Lanexa, Virginia

At Point Reyes National Seashore. Although it contains green chlorophyll, red pigments dominate and act as a sunscreen. Algae such as these need no soil.