Gring's Mill

Union Canal Trail

Reading, Pennsylvania

Is "Meihua algae" that not only flourish in the clear stream

But it is quite beautiful

These green algae are usually growing where fresh water enters the sea and are very slippery.

Diese grünen Algen wachsen normalerweise, wo Süßwasser ins Meer fließt, und sind sehr schlüpfrig.

Two leaves on the river with a ton of algae made for a strange photo, but one I like.

Growing on pilings at the Delaware Bay

Algae patterns on the shore at Perdido Key

Pancake (our service dog) decided not to go over this bridge today and only walked up one side. The block work on this one is beautiful. There are numerous large branches lodged under the center of this bridge which have been there at least a year. Litter and debris did not prevent one little loon from having a wonderful swim here - we did lose sight of this loon when he dove under water and never surfaced again. It is sad to see this lake not being adequately maintained although the bridge itself was built to last. We did not see any fish today although we saw many no fishing signs.

Other ducks and geese were on the opposite side of the lake enjoying a nice swim.

Momma Hooded-merganser out with the six kids for a swim through the heavy water. Those kids sure do look like their mother.They were celebrating the 1st day of sunner.

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Algae.

Lake Monroe, Indiana

Luftbild von einem Algenteppich mit seltsamen Strukturen im Fluss Regen bei Miltach

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Even though the Hair Algae can be a nusiance, I still find it beautiful. Here the wind is shifting it around. By night fall the water is all nice and clear again.

Happy Tuesday! Thanks for visiting.

Some days the tide is full of algae, while others it's not.

Ocean Park, Washington/

Closterium

Taken at the Billy Franks Nisqually Wildlife Refuge at the front of the Visitor's Center.

Algae in the rock at Tow Hill forms a pattern

Algae

Any algae specialists out there?

Nikon W300 Coolpix

12th October 2023

Coonarr Beach Bundaberg

Australia

Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)

Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are a type of microscopic, algae-like bacteria which inhabit freshwater, coastal and marine waters.

Cyanobacteria photosynthesise like plants and have similar requirements for sunlight, nutrients and carbon dioxide to grow and produce oxygen. There are many different varieties of cyanobacteria. While often a green or blue-green colour, they can also be white, brown, blue, yellow-brown, or red.

If conditions are suitable, cyanobacteria can increase to excessive levels and form visible ‘blooms’ which can lead to poor water quality and the potential for toxicity.

Cyanobacteria can cause environmental problems, disrupt drinking water supplies, recreational activities and water-dependent industries, and pose a risk to livestock, wildlife and human health.

We're Here observing DIY bioreactors

Rocks along the coast of the Wild Pacific Trail in Ucluelet was home to these vibrate green algae pools

Female mallard eating algae at the streams waterfall.

Canon EOS 5D and Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro

One of the local lakes at Teardrops covered in the Algae

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At least my previous shots at Denver Botanic Gardens showed clean, dark water. I threw in this reverse shot at Longmont's Golden Ponds where the water was not so clean this summer when upkeep was up to nature when the news was everywhere of blue-green algae, not orange-man algae. Denver cleaned up their geese problem and provided food for the poor. The Golden Ponds in Logmont are well fertilized by the goose poo and grow vast amounts of water goo. At least the geese fertize land and water until it can be paved and sterilized toward the goal of total global warming.

Here is that Soylent Green (fine Japanese sea weed?) duck food around shore. The wealth of new life around this place shows that a new generation of water fowl (fouling) has sprouted at Golden Ponds Park at Largemont, Colorado. The river level is now coming down as the serious summer heating and resident high pressure settles in and moves very slowly because we ruined the jet stream. Oh well, we can all hide in air conditioning so long as we can throw the electric power away and burn more fossils.

I suppose that these ponds' water plants thrived around the shores throughout summer. The weather quit bouncing back and forth in the valley with our slide into record winter. Mid-westers and Eastern Trump Grumpers poopoo global warming but here we are.

I found this in my stash from a recent walk around Golden Ponds and thought it would fit in right here, It really signalled the heavy spring greenup after the big wet which dried up this fall.

I was at Golden Ponds Park at Largemont, Colorado and I was with the normal zoom lens on my camera, good for some tighter riparian shots and growth.