Saturday, August 6, 2011

Mysterious orange goo washes up in Alaska village

This Aug. 3, 2011, photo provided by Mida Swan shows an orange colored substance that washed ashore in the village of Kivalina, Alaska, a village on the state’s northwest coast about 625 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The Coast Guard says the substance is not man-made and might be some type of algae. Further tests will be conducted. (AP Photo/Mida Swan)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a mysterious orange-colored substance has washed up on the shores of a remote village in northwest Alaska.

Tests have been conducted on the substance on the surface of the water in Kivalina (KIV'-uh-LEE'-nuh). City Administrator Janet Mitchell told The Associated Press that the substance has also shown up in some residents' rain buckets.

Coast Guard Petty Officer David Mosely tells KTUU that it's not a petroleum substance and it's not man-made. Mitchell says the village is requesting that an algae expert from the University of Alaska Fairbanks investigate.
Pictures taken by resident Mida Swan show an orange sheen across the harbor and on beaches in the village about 625 miles northwest of Anchorage.

Swan says she didn't smell anything odd when she dipped her hand into the substance.

1 comment:

Joe @ Defend Us In Battle said...

I am ashamed you posted this and I did not.
I figured it was more fitting for Amentior.

I wonder what it is? Mac and Cheese, Cheese?