The hard rock sandstone cliffs of Hocking Hills (Ohio) show the picturesque effects of longtime erosion due to weathering.

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.

Les dunes de la Platja del Serradal

Grau de Castelló (Spain).

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Myakka River State Park, Sarasota, FL - 20160814_175641

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

Elkhorn Slough, near Monterey, California.

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

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

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 ....

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

Last summer in the woods.

London, UK, June 2023

Brookside, Wheaton, MD

Bobolink Trail, Boulder.

vida marinha na praia de São Julião.

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

Washed up on the coast of Northern part of the Netherlands.

I loved this bleached marine algae in a rockpool on a beach in South East Scotland. The substrate was limestone. The algae was a brilliant green before it lost its chlorophyll (see adjacent shot).

Steps at Alexandra Palace

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.

Wilhelmshaven Stadtpark