Green algae found in the desert of United Arab Emirates. Image of the algae are from Nelson et al. elife (2017) and the photo of the desert is from Fiontain [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. The top green images of the algae are labeled with a green dye showing the accumulation of lipids. The bottom images show phase contrast microscopy images of the same cells shown above.
Read the associated commentary: N. R. Gough, Desert Green Algae and Cyanobacteria for Synthetic Biology. BioSerendipity (7 November 2017).