Strange "pink" pond! Locals think it looks decidedly dodgy!

[webfact]

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. 

 

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[RandiRona]

Ohh look!!!...Unicorn in pink pond as well!!

[richard_smith237]

Are officials completely incompetent and unable to run a simple Google Search ?????

 

[klauskunkel]

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...

 

 

[Burma Bill]

Has a Pink Panther been relieving itself????

[ukrules]

I've read about lakes which turn red due to some kind of algae before - that didn't end well.

[MrJ2U]

That's how they test for oil spills also.

 

Probably just mercury.  Nothing to worry about.

[sammieuk1]

A through scientific lab report of the bucket and sniff test please ???? 

[hotchilli]

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.

[Moonlover]

I've got the answer right here for them.

 

https://jeremybiggs.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/pink-pond/

[swm59nj]

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

[richard_smith237]

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 !!!

 

 

[rickudon]

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.

[SAFETY FIRST]

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.