The river that DID run red: Residents of Chinese city left baffled after Yangtze turns scarlet

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 08:38 EST, 7 September 2012 | UPDATED: 08:39 EST, 7 September 2012

It is the last thing the residents of Chongqing would have expected to see.

But the Yangtze river, which runs through the city in south-western China, turned a bright shade of orange-red yesterday.

The waterway where the Yangtze met the Jialin River provided a fascinating contrast as the red started to filter into the other river.

Meeting point: A ship sails across the junction of the polluted Yangtze River (left) and the Jialin River in Chongqing, China, yesterday

Meeting point: A ship sails across the junction of the polluted Yangtze River (left) and the Jialin River in Chongqing, China, yesterday

Shock: The Yangtze river, which runs through the city in south-western China, turned a bright shade of orange-red yesterday

Shock: The Yangtze river, which runs through the city in south-western China, turned a bright shade of orange-red yesterday

Dirty/clean: A ship sails across the junction of the Yangtze River and the Jialin River at the exact spot where the dyed river starts to bleed into the Jialin

Dirty/clean: A ship sails across the junction of the Yangtze River and the Jialin River at the exact spot where the dyed river starts to bleed into the Jialin

In the thick of it: A fisherman goes about his daily business

In the thick of it: A fisherman goes about his daily business

While officials investigate the cause of the colouring, one fisherman went about his daily business as if nothing had happened.

Others were so amazed that they collected samples in water bottles.

Although the cause is yet to be determined, this is not the first time a river has turned red in China.

 

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Last December, the Jian River in the city of Luoyang, in the north Henan province, turned red after becoming polluted by a powerful dye.

The dye was being dumped into the city's storm drain network by two illegal dye workshops.

Officials raided the factories to shut them down, and then disassembled their machinery.

According to chapter 16, verse 4 of the Bible's book of Revelations, one of the signs that Armageddon is near will be an angel pouring a bowl into the rivers, turning them into blood.

Bizarre: The red river gave Chongqing an apocalyptic appearance yesterday

Bizarre: The red river gave Chongqing an apocalyptic appearance yesterday

Check it out! Some residents were so amazed that they collected samples in water bottles

Check it out! Some residents were so amazed that they collected samples in water bottles

Close-up: Whatever it was that dyed the river was almost orange in colour

Close-up: Whatever it was that dyed the river was almost orange in colour

Irregular occurrence: A couple make the most of the rare opportunity to get up close to a red river

Irregular occurrence: A couple make the most of the rare opportunity to get up close to a red river

Thick dye: The Yangtze river washes up on and stains a tiled floor

Thick dye: The Yangtze river washes up on and stains a tiled floor

 
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DM needs to hire better photoshop people. -_- Or better yet, NOT USING PHOTOSHOP AT ALL.

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Must be a leak from the sweet and sour sauce factory.

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...Because they were saying the photos were enchanced, not altered? The photos of a red river are real, but the post uses color enchanced photos with the original parts noticeable in spots.

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I could have done a more professional enhancing job than that with my ColourBlast app on my iPhone!

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The river was red BUT THE DM HAVE ENHANCED IT USING PHOTOSHOP! Look at the bottle closely.

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It is interesting. I hope they follow up with the reason.

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It looks like human blood spreading through the river from one side of the river to the other.

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AGENT RED

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Probably another Chinese highway collapsed and a truck with red food dye plunged into the river.

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Look at the guy holding the bottle. You can see the sloppy photoshop tomato juice job.

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