China's Yangtze River Turns Red

redletterdave writes "The Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world traditionally known as the 'golden watercourse,' mysteriously blushed for the first time on Sept. 6. Residents in the surrounding area near the city of Chongqing, where the Yangtze connects to the Jialin River, literally stopped in their tracks when they noticed their once golden river had turned a shocking shade of red. Residents have carefully crept down to the riverbanks for the past few days to save some of the red, tomato juice-like river water in bottles. Early predictions from scientists say the red water was likely a result of pollution, but investigators are still investigating the unknown cause."

Comments

Re:Uh-huh..

[Anonymous Coward]

Trying to figure out the scientific explanation behind this isn't nerdy enough?

Re:Obvious propaganda is obvious.

[icebike]

Oh right, commemorating the great events of September ???, lessee, when was that?

Huge earthquakes, near Yiliang County.
Followed by heavy rains.
Large landslides.
117 miles south of a major Yangtze tributary into which local rivers drain.

Far more likely an industrial spill or iron ore laden mudslide.