#algae

#algae

Algae is the Secret to Blue BeerA French brewery named Hoppy Urban Brew has an extensive line of craft beers, and now they have one in a lovely shade of blue! The beer called Line is made blue by the algae spirulina, which produces the chemical phycocyanin. The algae is grown by Etika Spirulina, a French company promoting algae as a dietary supplement. The brewery adds phycocyanin to its craft beer to turn it blue. Those who know say the algae adds only color to the beer, and it does not taste any different when phycocyanin is added. The collaboration between the algae firm and the brewery has paid off well so far, with the distinctive blue beer drawing a lot of interest. Read more about the new blue beer at Reuters. -via Real Clear Science(Image credit: REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano)#beer #algae #phycocyanin #spirulina #bluebeer #blue

Winners of the Close-up Photographer of the Year 2021The top 100 winners of Close-up Photographer of the Year 03 (2021) or CUPOTY 03 are now featured on its website showing the winners gallery.The Close-up Photographer of the Year website was the brainchild of husband-and-wife duo Tracy and Dan Calder of Winchester, UK. They wanted to put close-up, macro and micro photography on the center stage and be celebrated in its own right.Tracy, a former editor of Outdoor Photography and a features editor at Amateur Photography, has over 20 years experience in the photo magazine industry. She’s also a photography instructor at West Dean College in Sussex, and an author of Close-up & Macro Photography, which has been translated into French and Chinese. Dan is a contributor to Black + White Photography magazine.This year’s Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY 03) has more than 9000 photos from 55 countries across nine different categories. These categories are insects, animals, plants and fungi, underwater, butterflies and dragonflies, intimate landscape, manmade, micro, and young.From each category, the top three winners were chosen alongside with the other finalists. Here are the top three winners per category.#photography #CUPOTY #MacroPhotography #CloseupPhotography #photographycompetitionInsects