Water samples taken by government officials now conclusively reveal that the culprit of the water's unusual colour was fluorescein, a tracing product used primarily to uncover rainwater leads in environmental simulations and diagnose numerous medical conditions. Thankfully the chemical is non-toxic. [...] The Daily Brew reports that, according to Langford Mayor Stew Young, only a small amount of the chemical is necessary to change the colour of a river. "It's a non-polluting chemical that's really bright green. It's probably some idiots with a bit of knowledge," he said. More...Totally beats our idea of throwing milk powder in the Vollenhove lake.Every year a similar substance is legitimately used to color the Chicago River green for Saint Patrick's day. The first time they used 100lbs of chemical and turned the river green for a week. Now they use 40 lbs of a different and more benign chemical and the river only stays green for half a day. Read the whole story here.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Epic Prank?
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Awesome! I want to know how much of that stuff they used for this?
See the update I made to the post, for this small river they probably only needed a few kilogram or less.
That's not much. Now I want to know how much we need to color all oceans :D Create a nice mystery for aliens.
It seems like a tiny amount. Lets color Loosdrecht before we do the whole ocean :)
I found a shop selling it for 800 euro per 10 kg. Not super cheap.
How much would we need for Loosdrecht? 20-40kg will make a big if not complete impact. Once our app is raking in the money, this seems like a good cause :)
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Loosdrecht is perfect because it shallow. Not as hard as the oceans ;)
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