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With the increase in farm effluent runoff, Lough Derg is now prone to attacks of the killer algae (dogs die when they drink loads of them).
Colourlul mosses and algae growing on the wall of a cave at the roots of a birdcliff. Öræfi (Ingólfshöfði) Iceland, 9 June 2004.
I had to take this picture of the waterfall pond before Steph cut all the string algae. It looks pretty, but it raises the water level in the river so much we start to lose water out the sides.
With summer in full bloom, colors of Ontario are vivid and enchanting. This picture is snapped at the Search Results Nottawasaga Inn Resort, in Alliston, Ontario.
I decided to look at diatoms today, but due to it getting dark too soon, i didnt manage to find any, but i did manage to find some string algae. So i decided to put that under my microsocpe. The above is the result.
The algae in the image is alive, being mounted in water, using a plastic cover slip, with no staining.
Mounting:
Plastic Cover slip Wet mount
Instrumentation;
Microscope: Leitz Ortholux
Objective: Leitz 40x Phaco Acromat
Imaging lens: Leitz C-Mount reducer
Illumination: Phase Contrast, Incandescent
Camera: Hasselblad Lunar (NEX7)
Programs used:
Lightroom 5 (Debayering, white balance)
Helicon Focus (Stacking)
Fitswork (Deconvolution, noise reduction, sharpening)
Photoshop CC (Croping and Finishing)