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Friday, September 27, 2013
Swan Lake - Blue-green Algae Bloom
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Here is Swan Lake's blue-green algae bloom blown over to one shore by the wind. It really is this brilliant shade of green. Wikipedia has a good article about this fascinating ancient plant whose activities are thought to have created most of the oxygen on the planet, thus enabling other forms of life, including our own, to develop.
All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
7 comments:
It's so bright! Esp. against the dark water.
How green do you want it to have. I didn't know that there is a kind of green that can really hurts your eye. But still it looks great. Thanks for showing.
That is a vibrant green!
Algae in stromatolite rock formation is considered the oldest known life on earth, at 3.5 billion years.
Thanks for that info, Dean - it's nice to know there is something older than I am....
Lively colours.
Oh wow!!!!! Love that vibrant green against the blue of the water.
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