eden landing park - hayward, california

Subadult male southern elephant seal

Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge

- www.kevin-palmer.com - At the Downstream Recreation Area below the Fort Peck Dam, there was still a lot more fall foliage than I expected.

It's raining hard today and the creek beds are filling up. I'm really looking forward to seeing the snow melt off the mountain peaks and the elements of summer run their course and turn this weather around!

Enjoy your weekend.

Orion 15, 28mm f/6 Made in USSR + Contax IIIa + Rollei Rpx 100

focus with metric scale

Derby reach bog, 4x*1.25,FLUO-C4, HF B+C

at Halibut Point State Park in MA

Seen in the mud---------im Schlick gesehen

Shiprock

The bright green algae in this little creek looks almost nuclear in its radiance.

Shot somewhere on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula of Iceland with the Nikon Fm2N, outfitted with a Lensbaby Composer. Used expired (2007) Kodak EIR Color Infrared film. Shot through an orange color infrared filter. Cross processed in Unicolor C41 color negative chems.

69°46'56.26"N

18°27'30.58"E

I bought a pet Marimo Ball Algae at the Night Market! It's supposed to bring me good luck. I think it's super cute.

More on Marimo here

Microorganisms such as algae are among the world’s smallest chemical factories. They produce metabolites, which are valuable raw materials for the chemical industry. BASF already uses the algae Dunaliella salina in Australia to produce β-carotene for food additives. In the field of white biotechnology, researchers are cultivating other kinds of algae that can be used in the future to produce raw materials for cosmetic products or dietary supplements, for example. One current research focus is blue-green algae of the genus Synechocystis (shown here). These blue-green algae are very frugal: they grow at room temperature and only need a water-based culture medium with minerals and trace elements as well as carbon dioxide and light for photosynthesis. Researchers obtain the metabolites by removing the algae from the culture medium and disruption of the cell walls. Given that there are more than 30,000 known types of microalgae, it is important to identify the right candidates and optimize their growing conditions. When blue-green algae work for white biotechnology, it’s because at BASF, we create chemistry.

@ Huntington Central Park, Huntington Beach, California USA

This rock probably teems with activity when the Tide returns to protect it from the open air, which would be about an hour after this shot was taken.

Tripod mounted & polarised on Nolton Haven though I was genuinely concerned about getting cut off as I was way off in a corner of the beach to make sure I could capture the Sunset & couldn't clearly see an escape.

We're Here looking out for green today & I found this!

張懸【城市】專輯平面攝影系列(五) Photos by 郭耿毓07

Derby reach bog, 60x/1.2*1.25,FLUO-C6.1, HF C

Oak Park

These green dots in the East China Sea appear to be algae.

Diese Flecken im Gelben Meer vor der Küste von China sind vermutlich Algenteppiche

Credits: ESA/NASA

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Taken at the Allan Fairhall Reserve in Paterson, NSW.

My attention was drawn to the beautiful hues of the fresh bark on this gum tree, and the sweeping curve of the bright green algae.

Beaver lake sample, 20x*1.25, FLUO-C6.1

Currents swirl different varieties of algae, producing a fascinating variety of patterns.

These green dots in the East China Sea appear to be algae.

Diese Flecken im Gelben Meer vor der Küste von China sind vermutlich Algenteppiche

Credits: ESA/NASA

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Following on from a couple of days surgery, Ex First Potteries Dennis Lance 60100 (aka PMT 866) was road tested today with it's deeply cleaned fuel system and new Diesel. This was taken on the first 'local' run out keeping largely to roads within the industrial estate. With everything behaving well and sparkling performance restored, we declared it fit to be handed back over to it's owners.

The algae bloom was covering the entire reservoir surface.

Snap a photo of it, crank the contrast and saturation over 1000. Shifted the white balance to get this aqua marine acrylic-ish pour photo.

Bolehill Quarry, Longshaw Estate, near Hathersage, UK.

The rise and fall

Or, how algae behaves in the canal lock.

P104-5650 Taken at: Hampstead Road Lock, Camden, London

GTF sample, 60x/1.2*1.25, FLUO-C4, HF C

Lichens, photographed about 11 miles northwest of Harrison, Nebraska, on May 22, 2016.