Red Algae (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Red Algae

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Cyanidiales species of red algae, which appear green in this photo because chlorophyll masks their red pigment, growing in a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park.

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Debashish Bhattacharya/Rutgers University-New Brunswick

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