<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57d703bfdd0895d2308b48de-2148/dadlykan%20blood%20red%20russia%20river.png" alt="Dadlykan blood red russia river" data-mce-source="Greenpeace"><p class="source"><span>Greenpeace</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>The&#xa0;Daldykan River in Russia, which is located all the way above the Arctic Circle, is normally, like most bodies of water, a greenish blue.</p><p>About two weeks ago, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/world/europe/russia-red-river-siberia-norilsk-nickel.html">it turned bright red</a>.</p><p>No one is sure why.&#xa0;But there are some&#xa0;theories.</p>

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A 'blood river' showed up in a Siberian 'dead zone' twice the size of Rhode Island - and no one knows why

GreenpeaceThe&#xa0;Daldykan River in Russia, which is located all the way above the Arctic Circle, is normally, like most bodies of water, a greenish blue.About two weeks ago, it turned bright red.No one is sure why.&#xa0;But there are some&#xa0;theories.

GreenpeaceThe&#xa0;Daldykan River in Russia, which is located all the way above the Arctic Circle, is normally, like most bodies of water, a greenish blue. About two weeks ago, it turned bright red.

A 'blood river' showed up in a Siberian 'dead zone' twice the size of Rhode Island - and no one knows why

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