A Day in the Life of Biofuels, 2011: First Prize image (#5)

FIRST PRIZE: PetroAlgae’s Demonstration Facility in Florida is an animal friendly facility!  When friends like this get to a certain size we have them removed and taken to their natural habitat.

Photo by: Tom Riding

Biofuels Digest adds: “When we talk about predatory species in a micro-crop or algal environment, we usually mean another micro-organism. But here’s a Gator sloshing out of a PetroAlgae lemna pond, to remind us that biofuels farms are home to many species. Great photo with lots of detail.”

More on the “Day in the Life of Biofuels” photo contest, here.