Nightly News   |  September 26, 2012

Lincoln Memorial infested with green algae

Less than a month after the memorial’s extensive renovations, the shallow reflecting pool has been inundated with algae from incoming Tidal Basin water. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie reports.

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>>> or the great barrier reef .

>>> and this opened after extensive renovations. but this pool is full of gooy green algae . the shallow pool provides the perfect environment for the algae to grow. experts are working on fixing it, even if they have not figured out how to yet.

>>> and now, more work on the earthquake-damaged washington monument will take about two years to complete and will be closed until then.