Anyone know why this lake in Iraq is blood red?

[effowe]

Check It

I was reading through this article of strange google earth finds, and this came up. Anyone know why it's red like that?

 

[imported_LoKe]

Blood of course.

 

[irishScott]

Insane mineral deposits/spill?

Also, it IS Iraq. The military might have been conducting an op involving that lake, and didn't want the details in the images.

 

[thelanx]

Might be this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tide

 

[pyonir]

It runs red with the blood of infidels!

 

[Colt45]

If you zoom in, you can see cheney drinking it.

 

[thecrecarc]

Crap, they found where we hide the bodies!

 

[jagec]

The fighter jet parked near someone's apartment is weirder.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll...1985795&z=18&hl=en&t=h

 

[George P Burdell]

That's the Iraqi version of St Paddy's Day decoration.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: pyonir
It runs red with the blood of infidels!

"... which, I am sad to say, is all of us." -Robin Williams

 

[montypythizzle]

Probably because this is a Redpost.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: jagec
The fighter jet parked near someone's apartment is weirder.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll...1985795&z=18&hl=en&t=h

WFT is that all about. looks like they even painted lines like you'd see on a flightline in the parking lot.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I thought red tide, but I doubt its bad enough to make it THAT red.

I'm thinking pollution/minerals.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: jagec
The fighter jet parked near someone's apartment is weirder.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll...1985795&z=18&hl=en&t=h

not that weird... could be an am legion...

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Originally posted by: pyonir
It runs red with the blood of infidels!

i like this answer =)

 

[WingZero94]

Looks like a river

 

[So]

They're making the world's largest otter pop.

 

[MrPickins]

Maybe an evaporation pond?

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
Maybe an evaporation pond?

Ah, I think you might be on to something. This quote..

The seawater is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through natural evaporation which allows the salt to be subsequently harvested.

would explain why there are some ponds, and some semi dried up areas surrounding them.

Also, this quote..

Due to variable algal concentrations, vivid colors, from pale green to bright red, are created in the evaporation ponds. The color indicates the salinity of the ponds.

would explain why that one is red while the others are pretty much the same color. They could just be on different time cycles..

This would be my vote for the responses so far :thumbsup:

 

[effowe]

Bump for morning crew suggestions.

 

[Safeway]

Evaporation pond. Mystery solved.

 

[piasabird]

Looks like holding ponds for contaminated water or chemicals.

 

[spaceman]

its a odd type of freshwater krill that breeds only when a satellite is overhead.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Example of evaporation ponds beside the SF bay:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF...0.128918&t=k&z=13&om=1

Note the different colors, including reds.

 

[lozina]

They should bottle that and market it as cherry flavor water