“Red snow” along cliffs in Greenland, from John Ross’ A Voyage of Discovery (1819)
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“Red snow” along cliffs in Greenland, from John Ross’ A Voyage of Discovery (1819)
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*Facts!* Nivalis refers to snow, since this algae is cryophilic (such a good word; a kind of biological *~*extremism*~*...
red algae.. so interesting, bleeding ice scientificillustration:
It also smells like watermelon.