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Eschaton? No, But A Bloody Lake Is A Lousy Tourist Attraction

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
August 2, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 16:53
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A drought has left the OC Fisher Reservoir in San Angelo State Park of West Texas almost empty, except for stagnant, dead fish that have made the water a deep red.


Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife Inland Fisheries--San Angelo, and it's a lot more red now.

Officials say the bloody look is the result of Chromatiaceae bacteria, which thrive in oxygen-deprived water.   Pictures of the blood-red pool circulated in fishing forums and caught the attention of Paul Begley, an Indiana preacher who said in a YouTube video that the lake might be evidence of the apocalypse predicted in the Biblical book of Revelation.

End Times? Texas Lake Turns Blood-Red By Stephanie Pappas LiveScience

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