Algae And The Red Tide

 

There are times when algea grow fast in population or "bloom" & accumulate into dencevisible patches near the surface of the water."Red tide" is a common name "phenomenom" where a certain algae or phytoplankton species have reddish "pigments" in them and "bloom" so much that the water seems to be colored red. The name "red tide" is "thus" a misnomer because they have nothing to do with tides: usually their not harmful; and the ones that are, never reach the "densities" required to discolor the water.

 

This pic. shows the beach while experiencing a "Red Tide".

 

This pic. shows the ocean water up close during the "Red Tide".

 

This is another pic. of the "Red Tide" all thought it dosent look red.

 

In this pic you would think the water is poluted but once again its just the "Red Tide" GROSS, huh?

 

This last pic. shows an underwater view og the real color of the ocean water when it is not experiencing the "Red Tdie".