environmental photography: sewer-nitrogen-bloom

7/30/10 Orleans, MA -- A school of minnows swims near a patch of macro algae or {quote}sea lettuce{quote} which has been thriving on the high nitrogen levels in Areys Pond, a saltwater bay in Orleans, Mass. July 30, 2010. Erik Jacobs for the New York Times

7/30/10 Orleans, MA -- A school of minnows swims near a patch of macro algae or "sea lettuce" which has been thriving on the high nitrogen levels in Areys Pond, a saltwater bay in Orleans, Mass. July 30, 2010. Erik Jacobs for the New York Times