South China Morning Post
American flag blue? Algae turns Trump’s reflecting pool swamp green instead
One of President Donald Trump’s pet beauty projects for Washington was supposed to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool look blue, like part of the US flag. Enter Mother Nature. Algae has proliferated in the water, turning it a swampy…
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