Those pink and red patches of snow you've hiked by in the summer? They're not someone's spilled watermelon snow cone. They're not paint. They're not blood. They are actually a thriving community of algae. We hike into the North Cascades with microbiologist Robin Kodner to learn more about snow algae and her Living Snow Project.
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