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Very beautiful, on a bucket of water in my greenhouse.
See an amazing video of this stuff at 1000x magnification here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md0PtdRxXvw
There is another shot of a different part of the bucket here www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2434752
Starting a new day finishing this long term project - finally beads are fired, pit fired, some of them glazed and finished with gold lustre. Pine twig found and clasp is made. Here it is - Algae embrace.
Photo taken with Zeiss PMII scope 60x dry 0.85 NA Semi-plan Chinese objective and Lumix GF1 camera attached to Zeiss intermediate photo tube, modified brightfield setup. Asterococcus with other algae.
Algae Closterium from pond water. Nikon S-Kt pol. Moticam 2300 camera, 20x Nikon plan objective. Modified brighfield setup.
Heading downstream.
As the lightest of our small crew of voyagers, Derek's son Billy gets the seat in the leaky bow.
We saw at least a half-dozen otters on this trip, though unfortunately I didn't get any good shots of them.
Shy at first they did seem to become a little more bold as we were packing up to leave, perhaps only to bid us good-riddance.
In hindsight that's when I probably should have put on my big boy pants and slipped back into the water.
In my defense, at this point the horse and yellow flies were not taking deet for an answer and everyone was ready to go, myself included.
Disturbing are the algae mats of Lyngbya present in the spring and lining it's run. Locally referred to as "mung" it is a sure sign of nitrate loading in the spring's waters. Especially disturbing in that it is found WAY out here in the boonies far from any development. Not a good sign of things to come for our water supply and EVERYTHING that relies upon it.
Wow. This algae or aquatic plant was undulating with the current. The colors, motion and water were nearly hypnotic. Beautiful area!
Photo taken with Zeiss PMII scope 60x dry 0.85 NA Semi-plan Chinese objective and Lumix GF1 camera attached to Zeiss intermediate photo tube, modified brightfield setup. Asterococcus with other algae.
One of the best dishes here in Peru is Peruvian Ceviche. It is a form of citrus-marinated seafood appetizer made with raw fish, onion, lettuce, potato and many other ingredients. Some types of ceviche also include a kind of algae called Yuyo. This is how it is collected.
Cladaphora are freshwater algae that grow on submerged rocks, logs and other hard surfaces. Research has linked cladaphora blooms to high phosphorus levels resulting from fertilizing lawns, poorly maintained septic systems, inadequate sewage treatment, agricultural runoff, and detergents containing phosphorus.
PondZilla is very effective, when used as an adjunct to an algaecide or herbacide*, at controlling filmantous bacteria in ponds such as cladophora.
Aquafix created PondZilla utilizing the latest in enzyme technology to degrade 30-60% of pond muck at 1/10th the cost of physical cleaning*. Pondzilla helps degrade muck and sludge in lakes and ponds by activating the muck layer and stimulating bacterial activity. It contains surface-activating agents, which liberate pond muck and allow the active ingredients to speed up nature’s natural decomposition cycle. It works particularly well in ponds with filamentous problems.
*While bacterial products cannot kill aquatic plant growth, when used with algaecides or herbicides, they can help restore natural balance.