Stir up the sea and you get a better look at what lies near of beneath the surface. This sea had its share of what appears to be red drift algae. While non-toxic its not something you will find in pristine waters. Oh, my poor ocean.

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

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

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

From my Primordial Soup collection.

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

Explore FP

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

Elkhorn Slough, near Monterey, California.

.... 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

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

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

London, UK, June 2023

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

Last summer in the woods.

Lambertville NJ

Bobolink Trail, Boulder.

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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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.

Algae

Taken in Ed Allen's Campground, Lanexa, Virginia