Strings of Surface Algae

[Don Schaeffer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPg_hSyGQE
The old mud puddle is still bringing me some joy. When I looked down into it today, i could see what looked like white clouds blown in the wind as the earth might look like from the space station. The "clouds" were delicate islands of thin algae along with cyanobacteria floating in the rich life soup. These algae clouds sheltered an active family of small protists.