Alaska's Mysterious Orange Goo
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}<i>Aug. 3, 2011</i>-- locals discover an orange colored substance washed ashore in Kivalina, Alaska, a village on the states northwest coast about 625 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mida Swan)
<i>Aug. 5, 2011</i> -- In this photo, Emmanuel Hignutt with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation health lab shows samples of orange goo in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
<i>Aug. 5, 2011</i> -- Samples of the substance were collected last week and were determined to be some kind of microscopic eggs (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
<i>Aug. 6, 2011</i> -- This photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a magnified close up of a sample of orange gunk tested by NOAA scientists in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Mandy Lindeberg)
Kivalina is a remote village in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska with a population of 374. (Google Maps)