Higgins Beach

20090830「學學夏日城市影展」 張懸&Algae【城市】演唱會

neah... it ain't a painting...just algae on wather.

If I may say so, this deserves a closer look!

20090830「學學夏日城市影展」 張懸&Algae【城市】演唱會

Part of a frond of saltwater red algae under the microscope.

albino algae eater

Mud splattered Safari Snorkel on my Defender. Could pass as algae on a rock?

Found at Davenport Landing, Santa Cruz Co., CA; 24 Mar 2010.

Settings: 1/400, ƒ/2, ISO 80,5.2 mm which is equivalent to about 24mm with full frame

algae under ice

Tamandaré - PE / Brazil

A rare and unusual specimen of algae preserved in clear chalcedony. Originally it would have been growing in silica-rich run-off from geothermal hot springs. Kaueranga Valley, Thames

Lake Menomin in Menomonie Wisconsin was overwhelmed with a blue-green algae bloom that caused the water to become toxic.

A look at our pond through the looking glass after the canopy was put on.

www.algaevs.com

these are tracks left by snails in the algae on a shed door. view large to see squiggles within squiggles at bottom right

Algae , Seattle Aquarium

I like how this tree still had green...at least in this reflection!

There was a very small freshwater creek entering the ocean at this point.

The entire course of the creek's journey over the rocks to the sea was carpeted in this interesting algae.

Photographed at Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County, California

Nice transparent Shrimp

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

I have noticed a lot of ponds are now covered with algae, or whatever it is. I wonder if the recent hot, dry weather has anything to do with it.

Bosque del Apache

sometimes the algae blooms on the marsh ponds and creates this layer that looks solid and is luminous