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As someone who grew up near Lake Michigan, it is truly bizarre to see the lake this clear. These pictures look like they came out of the Gulf of Mexico!
To be fair, you're looking at a swimming pool depth (the caption says 6-12'). It's clear, but it would be surprising to not be able to see 6'.
-1 for disabling zoom. I'd love to see it closeup on my iPad, but the web authors have decided that this isn't permitted. Why do websites go out of their way to remove useful functionality?
Meanwhile I'm geeking out over the number of things Ghostery blocked on the site. 38 - that'd have to be a record.
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Little Traverse Bay is surrounded by some surprisingly expensive vacation homes and a high-end town center, so perhaps it's not so surprising that the bay is kept very clean.
The more expensive the land the more grass/ornamental fertilizer runoff the worse the water quality.
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Still, it requires nitrogen to get an algae bloom, right? Has to come from somewhere.
Phosphorus is the limiting nutrient, not nitrogen. But yes, it's nearly all from ag and wastewater.
And it looks like the evidence for run off causing algal blooms in the Great Lakes is pretty convincing.