The algae multiplied. Who could have predicted they would do that? It was an entirely novel strategy.
I don’t know what you mean, he stopped testing and the numbers went down.
This damn single celled organism is just far too intelligent for the trump administration.
How could algae have learned to multiply? We’re eliminating the department of education to prevent problems like this from reoccurring in the future.
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The other bodies of water in this picture are what interest me. Both the Pond and the Tidal Basin look bluer, showing what it would have looked like. Now it’s the color of grift.
They’re probably also deeper, which both provides a less ideal environment for algae to grow and also looks bluer despite algae that might be growing. The water in the tidal basin is also moving and has water naturally flowing in and out. The reflecting pool does not have that and needs to be shallow so that water movement is minimized to create the reflection it’s supposed to give.
Yes the Basin is more “wild,” fair enough.
The Pond is also shallow and manmade, with a similar water system, so it’s a truer comparison.
I’m not sure if it changed, but the reflecting pool was modified to be fed by the tidal basin during Obama’s presidency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool?wprov=sfla1
Still quite deeper I think
I don’t understand why they don’t paint it yellow? The green algae and the yellow paint will make it look blue.
Check out Van Gogh over here, mixing colors.
Einstein over here
Type shit
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“hooray, we did it?”
Next week these idiots will be saying “It’s supposed to be green” so that dont have to admit they voted for a fool.
Why would they wait until next week?
The talking points need to percolate through Fox News until they all know what opinion they’re supposed to have.
only to show themselves as one instead, truely one of the bigglyist of plays.
Gotta love the 2 other comparably sized pools in this image that don’t have the alge.
Algae produce a shitload of oxygen, so it’s super eco-friendly
except it causes a feedback, eutrophication effect. teh algae dieback, and the consumption of oxygen by bacteria when the alge decomposies causes deadzone in the water. this is not that bad, since its manmade and not connected to another natural water system.
i guess that’s 1 way to get him to do whatever it takes to change it
I’d rather vote for the algae too
At least Algae is useful.
That must be this “American Blue” they’re all talking about
Isn’t it a bit late for St. Patrick’s Day?
Or it’s early.
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Yet still not as shocked as that pool is gonna be.
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It’s green because Iran’s flag has green and Iran’s a winner.
“It’s American Flag Green, exactly what I wanted. You can’t find that color in nature. It’s beautiful.”
Chlorophyll? More like Bore-o-phyll!
Can’t wait for the Wikipedia page.
I didn’t see a dedicated page to this incident yet, but there is a section specifically for this event here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool
Definitely should be a conflict-style page about algae vs Trump war.
Thanks, Obama.
I hear green was his favorite color. Very popular with Muslims, y’know.
