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Orange substance washes up on Alaskan village
This Aug. 3, 2011, photo provided by Mida Swan shows an orange colored substance that washed ashore in the village of Kivalina, Alaska, a village on the state�s northwest coast about 625 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The Coast Guard says the substance is not man-made and might be some type of algae. Further tests will be conducted. (AP Photo/Mida Swan)
An orange-colored substance that washed up on the shores of the village of Kivalina is not man made.
Coast Guard Petty Officer David Mosely tells KTUU that it's not a petroleum substance.
More tests are being conducted, but the substance might be a type of algae.
Pictures taken by resident Mida Swan show an orange sheen across the harbor and close-ups of the matter on beaches in the village on the state's northwest coast, about 625 miles northwest of Anchorage.
City Administrator Janet Mitchell tells The Associated Press by email the village is requesting that an algae expert from the University of Alaska Fairbanks investigate.
She also says some residents are dumping water collected in rain buckets for consumption because it too has a color.
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