Victoria river mysteriously turns bright green, page 2

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reply posted on 4-1-2011 @ 02:39 PM by prexparte

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I have seen rivers and lakes turn green, If my memory serves me correctly, and I may be wrong ok, as for a lake this happens when the water turns over. and water does turn over in lakes about once a year. I saw this at Lake Isabella in californias kern county a few times. and as for rivers i was told this happens when the rivers water level get higher, infact here in montana I am watching the missouri river turn green, its called algie surficing itself.

reply posted on 4-1-2011 @ 02:43 PM by prexparte

for the curious before you ask why my profile says texas, my husband is working in montana i visit often

reply posted on 4-1-2011 @ 07:26 PM by FraternitasSaturni

ok I know I'll be hanged for this...

But I liked it a lot!!! Sorry to all you "greenies" out there, but I really think its awesome!

reply posted on 4-1-2011 @ 08:26 PM by gardCanada

Just a heads up on the river- its back to its original clearness, it was a dye that was put in by prankster but don't be surprised if you see a music video with this on it sometime in the future...I don't condone this behaviour but how do you stop people from doing stuff like this. They see things like giant corporations doing it so they mimic them...

I am glad it was not a toxic chemical.
www.bclocalnews.com...

reply posted on 4-1-2011 @ 08:31 PM by majesticgent

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I agree, quite possibly Olafur Eliasson, as mentioned in a comment on the OP's link to the article.

"Eliasson watches spectators [present and media forms] and studies their responses in a search for new ways of surprising them, of heightening their perceptions. When he talks about his Green River project, for example, it is mostly in terms of how the witnesses react. Green River involves dyeing a river green, and so far he has done it four times. In Tokyo, he says, ‘a lot of people stopped and looked… And of course they were stunned. I did it in a spot where the cherry blossom comes out a month later. It’s well known as a beautiful place. Actually the police came and. basically I ran away. And the police then put up posters asking anybody who had seen somebody suspicious to contact them. [He laughs.] I have a photograph of the poster.’

It is, as he puts it, ‘a kind of action’. He doesn’t seek permission (though he makes sure the dye is safe) and he doesn’t give notice; he also picks fairly small sites and it’s all over in two or three hours. ‘If you do it on a big stage the mediation of the project immediately becomes quite sensational. I’ve tried to avoid that spectacular approach.’ The purpose of the project is the response. ‘Los Angeles, Stockholm, Tokyo are places where the relationship between the water and the city is completely different, and the way people experience and refer to the water in their local setting is very different. It has been interesting for me to investigate that relationship.’"

Read more: news.nationalpost.com...

reply posted on 4-1-2011 @ 08:44 PM by gardCanada

I wonder if the ministry of environment and the RCMP would check into the notion of the artist Olafur Eliasson. As the video shows, the city of Chicago stopped putting it in the river on St Paddy's day when they found out fluorescence is, after all, harmful. Goldstream River though, is a very sensitive salmon habitat so I am certain the prankster, if found out, will be facing large fines.

reply posted on 4-1-2011 @ 08:51 PM by Hundroid

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