15-06-2017 11:55 via seattletimes.com

Microscopic organisms turn Istanbul shores turquoise

ISTANBUL (AP) — The waters around Istanbul have turned a striking shade of turquoise. A natural phenomenon called a “phytoplankton bloom” has turned the normally dark waters of the Bosporus and Golden Horn into an opaque tone of light blue. It’s caused by microscopic organisms that have inundated the Black Sea, just north of Turkey’s […]
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