webfact Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Picture: INN INN published pictures of what they called a strange pink pond, though it looked more purple. They reported that the owner thinks it might be dangerous and called for the authorities to investigate. The pond is in Ban Nong Samer, a village in Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima or Korat. The authorities went to see it after getting a call from Sureerat Sankhlong about the pond that is behind her house. The three meter deep, 30m x 15 m body of water was tested by lowering in a bucket and smelling the water. No bad smell. Picture: INN A bit of white cloth was then doused in the water - no dye came off on the cloth. The officials further noted that the fish put in there by the owner of the pond were all swimming about quite happily. Sureerat said her dad dug the pond 20 years ago. The color started to change last month and is getting darker and darker all the time. She fears chemical contamination in some way. No damning evidence could be found and the taps in the area were running with water showing no discoloration. Now the environmental authority have been called in to take a sample to try and get to the bottom of the mystery, reported INN yesterday. Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-02-24 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandiRona Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Ohh look!!!...Unicorn in pink pond as well!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted February 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2022 Are officials completely incompetent and unable to run a simple Google Search ????? 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 This story made me wonder: what is it that makes one strangeness be elevated to a lottery number oracle, while another one gets no promotion at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Has a Pink Panther been relieving itself???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I've read about lakes which turn red due to some kind of algae before - that didn't end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 That's how they test for oil spills also. Probably just mercury. Nothing to worry about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 A through scientific lab report of the bucket and sniff test please ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 4 hours ago, webfact said: The three meter deep, 30m x 15 m body of water was tested by lowering in a bucket and smelling the water. Ingenious.. this will catch on in the west I'm certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I've got the answer right here for them. https://jeremybiggs.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/pink-pond/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swm59nj Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 First I was amazed at the initial “scientific” testing done. At first glance I thought it was Algae. And as one person posted in the forum with photos. That is what it probably is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, swm59nj said: First I was amazed at the initial “scientific” testing done. At first glance I thought it was Algae. And as one person posted in the forum with photos. That is what it probably is Well now... clearly it isn’t Algae... after all... the sniffed it and dipped a cloth in it !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Euglena sanguinea. In intense sunlight it become distinctly red. If it is causing an algal bloom, the surface can turn bright red. I have seen and studied this in Australia, typically a day or 2 after a thunderstorm has washed nitrogen and organic matter into the water. Also have seen this algae (probably) on my fish ponds here, but only ever a slight reddish tint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 2/24/2022 at 12:02 PM, webfact said: The authorities went to see it after getting a call from Sureerat Sankhlong about the pond that is behind her house It's algae. I hope the authorities educate the locals about stopping foreign products entering the waterways. Runoff from chemicals will destroy these beautiful wetlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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