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- From: vandezande@inland.com
- Newsgroups: chi.general
- Subject: Re: Why is the lake GREEN?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.130315.2609@inland.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 13:03:15 CST
- References: <1993Jan25.051002.15037@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN
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- In article <1993Jan25.051002.15037@midway.uchicago.edu>, tes3@quads.uchicago.edu (Tim Scherer) writes:
- >
- > Does anyone know why the lake is so green? I first noticed this when I came
- > back to school this fall, and in my previous two years in Chicago it was
- > distinctly more blue-gray. Is it a localized phenomenon? I live in the
- > vicinity of 51st St. Microorganisms come to mind as a cause of the greenness,
- > but I'm far from an expert on that sort of thing.
- > Thanks for your ideas.
- >
- >
- > Tim
-
- Calm yourself, Tim. The lake appears green when the sky is cloudy,
- blue when it is sunny. This has just been a gloomy Autumn; not to worry.
-
- Joe V.
-