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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:09 PM 5 hrs ago

"They're Baghdad Bob'ing the reflecting pool btw."

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Sky Marchini
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they're baghdad bob'ing the reflecting pool btw

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The advanced nanobubbler technology very effectively killed the algae that has plagued every Lincoln Reflecting Pool reopening—most infamously Obama's reopening—since 1922.

The Reflecting Pool water is crystal clear, and our National Park Service team is now vacuuming up the dead algae resting on the bottom of some parts of the Reflecting Pool—just like the destroyed Iranian Navy resting on the bottom of the Persian Gulf.
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ALT
11:55 AM · Jun 18, 2026

they're baghdad bob'ing the reflecting pool btw

Sky Marchini (@sky.skymarchini.net) 2026-06-18T15:55:26.643Z


Vituperative Erb
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Do they know that we can go to the reflecting pool?
12:00 PM · Jun 18, 2026

Do they know that we can go to the reflecting pool?

Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T16:00:25.070Z


escapedexplorer.bsky.social
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It's so green it's also literally visible from the top of the Washington Monument, live:

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/washingtonmonument/?cam=wamo

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12:17 PM · Jun 18, 2026

It's so green it's also literally visible from the top of the Washington Monument, live:

www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/washi...

(@escapedexplorer.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T16:17:45.292Z


Laura Lee
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lol many shades of green.

Screenshot of the live cam showing the reflecting pool. It’s a big blob of green, with some dark areas around the bottom corners.
ALT
12:44 PM · Jun 18, 2026

lol many shades of green.

Laura Lee (@lauraleeactor.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T16:44:23.543Z

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"They're Baghdad Bob'ing the reflecting pool btw." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago OP
Welp. There goes that WaMo webcam. It will be turned off as soon as someone in the WH sees that post. RockRaven 5 hrs ago #1
There's video out today of the blue coating coming off and floating Ritabert 5 hrs ago #2
OMFW! yellow dahlia 4 hrs ago #3
It's in another DU post in this folder. Ritabert 4 hrs ago #5
;-{) BOTTOMS UP Goonch 4 hrs ago #4

RockRaven

(19,990 posts)
1. Welp. There goes that WaMo webcam. It will be turned off as soon as someone in the WH sees that post.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:15 PM
5 hrs ago

Ritabert

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2. There's video out today of the blue coating coming off and floating
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:15 PM
5 hrs ago

That 12% hydrogen peroxide did a number on the coating.


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