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Something different today. Found this thermal pool mat interesting and intriguing. Another example of the amazing colors and life-forms one finds at Yellowstone.
"The word "bacteria" is often associated with disease, but only a few kinds of bacteria cause problems for humans. The other thousands of bacteria, although all simple organisms, play a complex role in Earth's ecosystems. In fact, cyanobacteria made our oxygen-rich atmosphere possible. They were the first photosynthesizers, more than 3 billion years ago. Without bacteria, we would not be here." nps.gov
Isn't Nature fascinating!
Macro Monday
Theme: Cheese
Size: Less than 3x3 inches
We don't eat a lot of cheese but I found a packet of Tasty cheese in our fridge.
I warmed a few strips of the Tasty cheese in the microwave and while it is still warm I pulled at it to produce stringy cheese.
I manage to attached the stringy ends to the base of two spoons that are placed slightly apart.
The subject looks like a bacteria with filaments !
The only light source is natural light through the window. I used a green cloth for the background.
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The red color comes from halophilic bacteria that flourish in heavily concentrated salt levels.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
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When I think of Yellowstone the B words I think of are Bison, Bears and "Bacteria." The mix of patterns, textures and colors at the thermal pools is amazing. The overflow from the Black Pool is an excellent home for thermophilic cyanobacteria to prosper and flourish. The varied colors in Yellowstone are fascinating and quite beautiful.
"Black Pool is a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin.
The pool was cool enough up until 1991 for dark orange-brown cyanobacteria to grow throughout the pool. When combined with the blue of the water, the pool appeared to be an exceptionally dark green to almost black, hence the name.
An exchange of function took place in 1991, shifting thermal energy to Black Pool. Black Pool's temperature became hot enough to kill all the cyanobacteria in the pool, turning the pool a rich teal blue color. Black Pool remains extremely hot, and is now one of Yellowstone's most beautiful and intensely blue pools. The name of the pool however remains "Black Pool." Wikipedia
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fungus (plural: fungi or funguses is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista.
A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the Eumycota (true fungi or Eumycetes), that share a common ancestor (i.e. they form a monophyletic group), an interpretation that is also strongly supported by molecular phylogenetics. This fungal group is distinct from the structurally similar myxomycetes (slime molds) and oomycetes (water molds). The discipline of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as mycology (from the Greek μύκης mykes, mushroom). In the past, mycology was regarded as a branch of botany, although it is now known fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants.
Abundant worldwide, most fungi are inconspicuous because of the small size of their structures, and their cryptic lifestyles in soil or on dead matter. Fungi include symbionts of plants, animals, or other fungi and also parasites. They may become noticeable when fruiting, either as mushrooms or as molds. Fungi perform an essential role in the decomposition of organic matter and have fundamental roles in nutrient cycling and exchange in the environment. They have long been used as a direct source of human food, in the form of mushrooms and truffles; as a leavening agent for bread; and in the fermentation of various food products, such as wine, beer, and soy sauce. Since the 1940s, fungi have been used for the production of antibiotics, and, more recently, various enzymes produced by fungi are used industrially and in detergents. Fungi are also used as biological pesticides to control weeds, plant diseases and insect pests. Many species produce bioactive compounds called mycotoxins, such as alkaloids and polyketides, that are toxic to animals including humans. The fruiting structures of a few species contain psychotropic compounds and are consumed recreationally or in traditional spiritual ceremonies. Fungi can break down manufactured materials and buildings, and become significant pathogens of humans and other animals. Losses of crops due to fungal diseases (e.g., rice blast disease) or food spoilage can have a large impact on human food supplies and local economies.
The fungus kingdom encompasses an enormous diversity of taxa with varied ecologies, life cycle strategies, and morphologies ranging from unicellular aquatic chytrids to large mushrooms. However, little is known of the true biodiversity of Kingdom Fungi, which has been estimated at 2.2 million to 3.8 million species.[5] Of these, only about 148,000 have been described,[6] with over 8,000 species known to be detrimental to plants and at least 300 that can be pathogenic to humans.[7] Ever since the pioneering 18th and 19th century taxonomical works of Carl Linnaeus, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, and Elias Magnus Fries, fungi have been classified according to their morphology (e.g., characteristics such as spore color or microscopic features) or physiology. Advances in molecular genetics have opened the way for DNA analysis to be incorporated into taxonomy, which has sometimes challenged the historical groupings based on morphology and other traits. Phylogenetic studies published in the first decade of the 21st century have helped reshape the classification within Kingdom Fungi, which is divided into one subkingdom, seven phyla, and ten subphyla.
At Yellowstone Hot Springs
Bacteria and other thermophiles (heat loving microorganisms) usually form the ribbons of color you see here. The green, brown, and orange mats are cyanobacteria, which can live in waters as hot as 167 F (73 C). At this temperature they are usually yellow-green. They become orange, rust, or brown as the water cools.
www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/otherlifeforms.htm
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The upper terraces at Canary Springs, which is part of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, appear perched on the edge of a hill. The terraces, composed of calcium carbonate, cover the hillside. The chalky white colors show where there is no current hot springs flow or terrace building. Active terraces are orange, yellows and cream in color. The coloris due to thermophilic organisms growing in the water such as cyanobacteria and bacteria. The water for the hot springs comes from precipitation in the surrounding mountains that runs down into the subsurface. The water is heated at depth. As the water rises it dissolves limestone in the subsurface beneath Mammoth and the surrounding mountains. The hot carbonate rich water comes to the surface and forms the travertine terraces. Geologists estimate that at any given time about 10% of the water in Mammoth Hot Springs is on the surface. The other 90% remains underground.
COMIENZA EL PROYECTO M.A.R.T.E. EN RIO TINTO
Científicos de la NASA y del Centro de Astrobiología (INTA/CSIC) de España simularán en Huelva la búsqueda de vida en Marte
Científicos de NASA, en colaboración con científicos españoles del Centro de Astrobiología, han comenzado un proyecto, de tres años de duración, en el que se va a simular una misión de perforación del subsuelo de Marte realizándose perforaciones de hasta 150 metros de profundidad, con tecnología estándar, para la búsqueda de microorganismos extremófilos que se espera que existan en las fuentes del Río Tinto.
Durante el proyecto, denominado Experimento Astrobiológico de Tecnología e Investigación de Marte (Mars Astrobiology Research and Technology Experiment (MARTE)), científicos e ingenieros de NASA, de Universidades americanas y del Centro de Astrobiología de España, esperan poder demostrar que sistemas robotizados son capaces de buscar rastros de vida bajo la superficie marciana.
"El área del Río Tinto presenta analogías importantes con Marte, que pueden ayudar en la búsqueda de vida, en agua líquida, bajo el subsuelo de Marte," según Carol Stoker, investigadora principal del proyecto y que pertenece al NASA Ames Research Center situado en el Silicon Valley, California.
Las bacterias existentes en el río juegan un papel importante en el mantenimiento de las condiciones de acidez del río, al metabolizar el hierro y el azufre presentes en la región. El alto contenido de hierro disuelto en las aguas ácidas del río, le dan un color rojo profundo como el del vino tinto, de ahí su nombre Río Tinto. Los científicos esperan encontrar bacterias similares en el subsuelo del Río Tinto, donde el agua subterránea interactúa con minerales de hierro y azufre. Dichas bacterias podrían estar subsistiendo a base de compuestos químicos y minerales presentes bajo la superficie, sin ninguna interacción con el exterior.
Con las perforaciones se obtendrán muestras que, después de ser analizadas, con instrumentación y tecnología de carácter muy novedoso aportada por el Centro de Astrobiología, aportarán importantes datos sobre las formas de vida existentes. Posteriormente se utilizará esta información para verificar las prestaciones de los robots que buscarán rastros de vida, compuestos orgánicos y minerales.
This is an extreme close-up of the edge of the Crested Pool in Yellowstone National Park. It is part of a bacteria mat (scientific name is Cyanobacteria Phormidium) which ranges between 95 and 135 degrees. It was sunny when I snapped this shot thus all of those sparkles. It is good to know what has kept Hans off of Flickr; glad to be able to pray for him and lift him up. Hans, have missed you and wish you a quick and full recovery.
Porcelain Basin is one section of Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Norris is the hottest geyser basin in the park and many of the thermal features release highly acidic water. Incredibly, Cyanidium bacteria live in the acidic water and create this amazing lime green color in the runoff. Other thermal areas are orange from different hot-water organisms.
Beautiful blue green lakes were formed as plunge pools from a catastrophic flood as the glaciers melted and receded around 14,000 years ago. These lakes don't mix, so they are meromictic and there are freshwater reefs which you can see in the bottom portions of both these drone shots.
Waves of bacterial mats provide the colors and apparent textures of the hot springs. Each type of bacterial is adapted to live at a particular temperature and acidity present in different rings radiating from the hot spring.
The hot springs in Yellowstone National Park give life to some pretty weird stuff. I'm not sure if this texture is all bacteria or a combination of dissolved/re-hardened stone along with some bacterial coloring. But anyway, I thought it was pretty interesting if slightly icky.
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Deland, Florida
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Maybe there's a reason they went out of business?
An unnamed thermal pool in the Biscuit Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The clearer the water the hotter it is. The colors are heat loving bacteria living in the pool.
NJ Transit ALP-46 4746 had southbound train 4761 crossing the Raritan Bay into South Amboy, New Jersey.
Where NJ DOT GG1s used to tread, the less stylish ALP-46s now haul the commuters.
Bacteria and cyanobacteria grow in the run off near Grassy Spring, part of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Small travertine terraces run across the photo. Thermophiles are organisms that thrive at relatively high temperatures.
Snow on June 7th
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Before our summer vacation, we filled a large gardening bucket with rainwater, intending to use it for watering our indoor plants. Upon returning home after three weeks, we noticed a thin, colorful layer on the water's surface, displaying varying bright colors depending on the viewing angle. It looked different than the shapes typically formed by iron bacteria, and I'm unsure of what else could have caused this layer. Nevertheless, it made for an interesting photography subject.
The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy ears and large, spoon-shaped nose. The koala has a body length of 60–85 cm and weighs 4–15 kg. Fur colour ranges from silver grey to chocolate brown. Koalas from the northern populations are typically smaller and lighter in colour than their counterparts further south. These populations possibly are separate subspecies, but this is disputed. Koalas typically inhabit open eucalypt woodlands, and the leaves of these trees make up most of their diet. Because this eucalypt diet has limited nutritional and caloric content, koalas are largely sedentary and sleep up to 20 hours a day. They are asocial animals, and bonding exists only between mothers and dependent offspring. Adult males communicate with loud bellows that intimidate rivals and attract mates. Males mark their presence with secretions from scent glands located on their chests. Being marsupials, koalas give birth to underdeveloped young that crawl into their mothers' pouches, where they stay for the first six to seven months of their lives. These young koalas, known as joeys, are fully weaned around a year old. Koalas have few natural predators and parasites, but are threatened by various pathogens, such as Chlamydiaceae bacteria and the koala retrovirus. Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including Corymbia, they are commonly known as eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a cap or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a gumnut. Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Wildfire is a feature of the Australian landscape and many eucalypt species are adapted to fire, and resprout after fire or have seeds which survive fire. A few species are native to islands north of Australia and a smaller number are only found outside the continent. Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in many other countries because they are fast growing and have valuable timber, or can be used for pulpwood, for honey production or essential oils. In some countries, however, they have been removed because they are highly flammable. 58229
Parys Mountain
On Parys Mountain the harsh acidic and metal rich environment supports specialised bacteria which derive their energy from the weathering of sulphides. Due to the high level of soil contamination little life survives on or near the mountain, but there are a number of examples of rare plants and bacteria. The bare, heavily mined landscape give the mountain a strange appearance which has been used in the filming of science fiction film. If a poor landscape what a colour it has left. Due to the high chemical content of the water, ”snotties” thrive in the until recently submerged passages.
And just in case like me you didn't know what snottites were, here is the explanation “Snottie is a microbial mat of single celled extremophilic bacteria which hang from the walls and ceilings of caves and are similar to small stalactites, but have the consistency of nasal mucus” – nice!
116 pictures in 2016 - 102 Earth Colours
On the clear summer morning of 14 August 1987, NJ Transit E60CH No. 963 brings New York bound train 3318 across the Raritan River into Perth Amboy at its shoreline infamously named by railfans. Ten of the brutish GEs were purchased from Amtrak after a short career with the national carrier, extending their service lives by another decade plus.
As a young railfan obsessed with electric railroads, and arriving trackside a little too late to witness the real action, surviving GG1s and E60s on the North Jersey Coast Line were a thrilling capture that hinted at the glory days of the PRR and other pioneer railroads under wire.