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.

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).

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

Myakka River State Park, Sarasota, FL - 20160814_175641

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Wind and water turn a building's reflection into abstract art.

Another case where the camera sees more than the eye. A fountain nearby was making the building's reflection change shape too quickly to see this. A fast shutter speed froze the moment into something very beautiful. The algae-green water and blue sky created the colours.

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Elkhorn Slough, near Monterey, California.

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

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

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

Taken in Ed Allen's Campground, Lanexa, Virginia

London, UK, June 2023

swimming in the lake was always a little dicey if you didn't like invasive species. there were razor clams, blue-green algae, and american eels streaming out of the tributaries, ready to rub their slimey bodies against your water-treading calves. but not so fast..... seems the eels have been dying off suddenly and it's a mystery. as it turns out, they're fascinating creatures. i discovered this after briefly cruising thru a review of "the book of eels" (european eels, in this case). i love the title, it sounds so biblical.... simultaneous righteous and evil connotations. who doesn't love a slippery dichotomy? PS this house is on one of those tributaries.

......... 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.

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!

Thanks to all for viewing, faving and/or commenting! Much appreciated! L 😊

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!

There is only one place I know where I can consistently find these large turtles. I did not find out what they were called until just today.I had thought they were a larger variety of a Painted Turtle.But there coloration is different and they have grooved in maps on their shell rather than the smoother more green Painted Turtle.

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.

Steps at Alexandra Palace

Green algae makes landscape like on distant planet

Algae

green algae on beach rocks