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undergroundpanther

(11,925 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:39 PM Sep 2012

a river of red in china

(And waterways in other places has turned red also.)
A stretch of China's longest river has abruptly turned the color of tomato juice, and officials say they don't know why.

http://www.livescience.com/23038-yangtze-river-red.html

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a river of red in china (Original Post) undergroundpanther Sep 2012 OP

Does look like an industrial spill. The red is sooooo bright and so even. PDJane Sep 2012 #1

Yes, could be both. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #3

That must be a bit spooky to be living near and it starts turning red. My hunch is some type of RKP5637 Sep 2012 #2

i wonder if it could be clay liquified by earthquakes it has that look about it loli phabay Sep 2012 #5

It would sure seem that could do it too. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2012 #6

When we adopted our daughter LibertyLover Sep 2012 #4

PDJane

(10,103 posts)

1. Does look like an industrial spill. The red is sooooo bright and so even.

Reply to undergroundpanther (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:42 PM

Sep 2012

Although earthquakes might have a hand in the thing too.

porphyrian

(18,530 posts)

3. Yes, could be both. n/t

Reply to PDJane (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:44 PM

Sep 2012

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

2. That must be a bit spooky to be living near and it starts turning red. My hunch is some type of

Reply to undergroundpanther (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:43 PM

Sep 2012

pollution, but that's clearly an armchair guess.

loli phabay

(5,580 posts)

5. i wonder if it could be clay liquified by earthquakes it has that look about it

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:57 PM

Sep 2012

Probuably not but nature does weird stuff.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

6. It would sure seem that could do it too. n/t

Reply to loli phabay (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:10 PM

Sep 2012

LibertyLover

(4,788 posts)

4. When we adopted our daughter

Reply to undergroundpanther (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:55 PM

Sep 2012

from Hubei province 9 years ago, we were told by the adoption agency representative that we would be adding 10 years of life to our little girl's span just by getting her out of China. I can believe it.

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