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Red Snow with Red Pharlaropes, Svalbard Red snow, also called snow algae, watermelon snow, or blood snow, is snow that is reddish or pink in color, with the slight scent of a fresh watermelon. Red snow is caused by the presence mainly of Chlamydomonas nivalis,...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius), female, Lena Delta The red phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrating mainly on oceanic routes and wintering at sea on tropical oceans. The phalaropes are obs...

By Peter Prokosch

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