A higher value of that metric, known as the normalized difference chlorophyll index (NDCI), points to more algae in the water, Menendez said.
Menendez’s analysis detected more algae in the #ReflectingPool in an image taken Saturday — in the week after it reopened — than in any June images going back to 2021. The algae level was among the highest measured in ANY month in the past two years, according to the analysis.
… #Trump has not publicly commented on the #ReflectingPool algae problem. On Monday, he posted that he would host a Trump rally on July 4 “with the backdrop of the Lincoln Memorial and surrounding the beautifully new Reflecting Pool.”