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- 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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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.
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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Foto del perfil de lostinwoodlands
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Algae Madness.
A few days ago I revisited this incredible place that never ceases to amaze me!
This stone caught my attention powerfully due to its peculiar shape and the green algae that covered it.
I spent a good time there, testing compositions and moments until the trails of water created these beautiful textures.
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.
Seen along the loop trail at the Admiralty Inlet Preserve on the west side of Whidbey Island on bark of a living tree. The orange and yellow algae (that is what they are) were plentiful on bark as seen from the trail. In this example, the orange bits are a bit spikey on the far right side, in the middle and towards the upper left become more so, and blend into what appears to be an infestation of mold in the upper left.
Luckily, they are on top of crustose lichen for scale.
Wondering what was going on, I sent a message to Richard Droker who enjoys looking at his small stuff and has lots of lichen up on his Flicker feed and has learned how to identify them. My notes as to where to look, etc. are in square brackets [ ]. From Richard --
"As you know, I like looking these lichen communities Yes, the orange stuff is a green algae, genus Trentepohlia. The bright yellow is Chrisothrix. Small fruticose lichens [white, twiggy bits] are an Usnea species. I think the underlying pale crust with lirellate (elongate) apothecia is Opegrapha (rather that Graphis) [dominate lichen in photo]. Another crust present has dark apothecia [upper right], which would appear pruinose if dry if my feeling that it is Lecanactis megaspora is correct. There is a small area of a crust with white apothecia [left side? poorly shown], which would require microscopy to identify. My take on the mold is that mostly it looks like dead Trentepohlia as there seems to be a transition from orange to white. And there is a tiny leafy liverwort." [Possibly the colorless, long, but very tiny moss-like bit hanging down near the center and a little below, but odd that it is not green.]
Leica M3, Summicron 50/f2, Ilford Delta 400, Leitz No.1 yellow filter
Echo Park Lake -- Los Angeles, CA
I can not identify this algae or seaweed...and maybe there are two.....one could be the long string...and another could be all the tiny hairs on it...maybe....
But it is such a lovely thing to see how it looks in saltwater conmpared to when i took it from the beach...it really shows it´s beautiful look when seen in water...
a few days later:
I am not sure but after some research I could see some similarities with Halosiphon tomentosus..
here is a link: