Wish upon marimo algae ball at Lake Akan

KUSHIRO, Japan - Visitors look at the light bulbs containing people's wish lists and glowing in green, the color of Japan's protected species marimo, a type of floating green algae ball, on Lake Akan in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, on July 22, 2014.

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