Lakes Turn Green!
By Greg Horan on August 23, 2012, 5:36pm
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I have noticed some of the lakes have turned green lately. Today I was at Lake Lillinonah in Newtown and snapped the above photo of the greenish looking lake! So What is happening you might wonder?
Water turns green when it mixes with tiny plants called algae. Most of them are too small to be counted one by one. But when millions of them are floating in the water, they add a greenish tinge. Like most plants, algae use sunlight to make their food. So they make the most food during the long days of summer. When the tiny plants are well fed, they spread very fast. Suddenly the lake water turns green. In winter, their numbers reduce down to just a few. The lake water is clear until next summer returns with long hours of sunshine!
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