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  • invisiblestories: “Red snow” along cliffs in Greenland, from John Ross’ A Voyage of Discovery (1819) Watermelon snow or red snow is caused by the presence of the algae Chlamydomonas nivalis

    invisiblestories:

    “Red snow” along cliffs in Greenland, from John Ross’ A Voyage of Discovery (1819)

    Watermelon snow or red snow is caused by the presence of the algae Chlamydomonas nivalis

    (via adventures-of-the-blackgang)

    Tagged: Voyage of Discovery Greenland Chlamydomonas nivalis Chlamydomonas algae red snow Watermelon snow

    Posted on February 8, 2012 via Invisible Stories with 212 notes

    Source: invisiblestories

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      *Facts!* Nivalis refers to snow, since this algae is cryophilic (such a good word; a kind of biological *~*extremism*~*...
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      red algae.. so interesting, bleeding ice scientificillustration:
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