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Dense bands of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, swirled around the waters of Pyramid Lake in October 2024. This western Nevada lake experiences similar blooms on an almost-yearly basis. The proliferation of single-celled, photosynthetic organisms in autumn 2024 became one of the most active bloom events seen in years, according to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Water Quality Program. -- NASA Larger Image

Orbital Biosignature Assay: Pyramid Lake in Bloom

by Keith CowingAugust 13, 2026August 13, 2026

[NASA] The OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on the Landsat 9 satellite acquired this natural-color image of the bloom in October 2024. One day earlier, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe noted […]

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