Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Trump
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President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.
An analysis of satellite imagery of the Lincoln Memorial shows algae levels spiked days after a $14 million renovation was completed.
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After turning from dark “American Flag Blue” to murky neon green, newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is now back to what the US Interior Department calls “crystal clear” blue, after crews vacuumed algae,