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Fans of "Stranger Things" might understand.....
I used Urban's Black and White grunge preset on these algae flowing in a stream.
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.
Yellowstone in winter is a true wonderland. Unbelievable. Wish I knew what I was doing then and got more good shots but this one is a keeper. :)
Yellowstone National Park: Montana: USA
If you thought the first pond was loaded with detritus in the recent shot, consider the pond in the heat of summer and warnings to avoid the blue-green algae on the media. Kind of like warnings of herd immunity when they really mean herd stupidity - just in time, Colorado State University finally finished their analysis of the IQ of cattle... This capture was lurking in my unedited directory for a while. No wading here for any reason - and they talk about regreening the world Sheesh! Regreening enough? A warning of the Don Corona infestation that was to come in 2020?
The streams in the Rockies are perfect for wading (and fly fishing) now that the heat has started boring into the valley. I was ready to jump in a stream a couple days ago but it's snowing in the Rockies today. Historic Longmonters bailed for mountain cabins for much of the early day summers. So much for my sitting inside uninsulted brick walls trying to make Windows - 10 work - to little avail. In my last 6 months, I have packed 2 1/2 years of work into trying to make Win 10 useful. Bupkis! I can learn Linux faster. Linux or walk away. I have a working backup of Windows 7 that MickySoft left unfinished like all of their OSes. It worked fairly well for years if you practiced annoyance and danger avoidance.
Is contacting this algae the same as getting Don Corona Trumpandemic? I stayed somewhat clean at least today except for an early masked trip to and escape from, the local Wally World infection center and an enormous disinfectant binge on return. The next two weeks should see the WH Trumpandemic really flower while Darwin hides in waiting especially for Floridians and Texicans. Careful, herd stupidity is even much more infectious than our current WH Swamp infections.
After a walk at Golden Ponds on that day, I am finally glad for today's neo-greening in the valley and an escape from worshipping the herd immunity dead and dying with this shot and a shooter of bleach. Ahhh, a day in the park... and lighting that really jumps from the frame. It beats any stay-at-home-day in the valley. And to think that Ethiopia in regreening the desert themselves without help from Agent Orange and set the one day tree-planting record at 350 million trees planted in 12 hours. Apparently there are countries with people taking back all their own rights and lives. Is it still possible in this country? Even with corporate Dems in the way of progress?
The best greening vid of future hope on the net:
Quick visit to Lake Eppalock today. There's some algae about!
ISO 200 | 1/400 sec | f/7.1 | 8mm | 4 images
Today I took a short hike to this place where I thought I would see some mud cracks due to the drought. To my surprise, I found a pool of colorful water. I suspect the colors were caused by the algae as some of the water puddles in the salt ponds were quite colorful. The sight of this colorful pool was actually quite eerie especially there was nobody around in this area which is quite far out into the bay. As I did not have my ultrawide angle, I had to take multiple shots and stitch them into a pano.
Camera: Canon EOS 20D
Lens: EF 28-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS USM