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Friday 6 December 2013

The Sea of Yin & Yang

The Yinyang Sea (陰陽海) at the Northeast coast of Taiwan gained its name from the dual-tone colour of the water at the bay. This phenomena is due to the iron hydroxide-rich stream water which is yellowish-brown running into the bay, in contrast with the blue water towards the open sea.

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Many people think that this is some kind of pollution but it is just pure act of nature, as the geological formation around this region is iron pyrite-rich rocks. When rainwater leaches the iron ions out of these rocks, the stream water becomes yellowish-brown.

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