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Mt Barker Wetlands, South Australia

No post adjusting of colors on this - this was the real color of the pool I found surrounding the yellow algae growing on the rocks.

Green algae, scenedesmus. Microphotograph by G. Fahnenstiel.

HDR made in Photomatix Pro from three photographs auto-bracketed at 2 EV difference in aperture priority mode; continuous shooting mode hand-held.

Moorland pool above Todmorden

An underwater display from above.

Mats of floating algae at a local lake. Sunset colors.

Turkish towel seaweed cast ashore on Acadia Beach in Point Grey.

 

July 2010.

Algae and rust create a great mix of colours on the pillar of a pier running off the beach of a small seaside town close to Taichung.

Only part of this is fungus. Lichens consist of a symbiotic association of algae (usually green) or cyanobacteria, and fungi. I nevertheless include them in this set of fungus images.

 

Lopez Canyon Road, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA.

 

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The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South American rain forest home. All sloths are built for life in the treetops. They spend nearly all of their time aloft, hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their long claws.

Strain 20080521-02A

 

Collected at Blanchard Spring Cavern

Wild Cave Tour

Creek at "Grand Canyon"

0.05 micron per pixel

Advice to visitors to Birnie and Gaddon Loch to beware of algae in the water. Likely to cause sudden tummy pain if drunk. ooops.

This summer's humidity has allowed the most primitive algae to colonize anything offering the least bit of sustenance, like a vertical concrete wall beneath a drainspout. Life endures.

 

(And you wonder why I think extremophiles are normal, on and off Earth.)

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