103/365, SOOC

I just bought a Flickr Pro account! Day one-oh-three will be the first where I haven't consciously had to resize my photos in order to preserve my monthly upload limit.

I hope I can just live up to my new account title and use this year for the best, mm? :)

Cheers to a "new" year!

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The title of this refers to the fact that this specific patch of our front porch is turning green from algae growth due to rainfall...but of course, a black-white photo can't do that justice. Will have to retake in color sometime :).

The Olifants river is fishless, and although it's one of the biggest (and most consistently watery) rivers in the Kruger, not many species come here to drink. What's caused the damage? Hippos. Specifically, hippo poop, which creates algae, which kills fish.

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How do the ducks survive this?

Two canada geese paddle across a pond which is completely covered in green algae.

Algae is harvested from stones in the river, then beaten, dried and eaten. It's said to be very high in protein.

I just thought this texture was awesome.

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Algae. June 2008

Photo By: Stephanie Schupska

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Distant view of a stream flowing through.. Chunchi falls

Algal blooms produce oxygen in a tiny reservoir in Owl Canyon, CA.

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Another view of the calm lagoon separated from the rough surf by a wall of algae. Note the ducks taking it easy, not having to deal with the waves.

This algae grow because of the light that is necessary for the guided tours...

doing what they do. .

I am mesmorized by the textures.

Mori Junuchi's madonna/virgin sculpture at the armory was constructed of a type of sea algae.

as you can imagine- I want it.:)

Those dark mounds just off shore are not rocks. They're big mounds of algae.

The transition between levels of tanks filled with assorted mollusks.

Former U-M undergraduate research assistants Jessica Perry, left, and Brenna Boehman filter algae collected from large tanks at the university's E.S. George Reserve near Pinckney, Mich. Various combinations of algal species were grown in 80 cattle tanks for a biofuels experiment. Photo by Daryl Marshke/Michigan Photography.

Closer to the beginning of the hike we came across alot of this hairlike algae.

Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, FL

This is a tiny little pond on a Nature Preserve that I haven't visited since last spring (when it was breathtakingly beautiful in all its green finery!). www.flickr.com/photos/sparky2/2956550/

At present, the water levels are wayyyyyy down and the shaded end is covered in a thick, briney algae...but I've never seen so many birds and critters in such a concentrated area. So many changes lately in our local habitats; I'll definitely be watching to see what's happening here...