A river runs red in China

Recent photos of China's Jian River capture a disturbing scene, showing what looks like a river of blood. The red water is the result of an illegal dye dump from a local chemical plant, the International Business Times reports. After being alerted to the "bloody" river, the Luoyang Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau investigated and immediately cut off the plant's power supply, the state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported, according to the International Business Time - LINK 

A woman looking at red polluted water flowing from a sewer into the Jian River in Luoyang, north China's Henan province - AFP/Getty

rRd polluted water flowing from a sewer into the Jian River in Luoyang, north China's Henan province.- AFP/Getty

A woman collecting a sample of the red polluted water flowing from a sewer into the Jian River in Luoyang - AFP/Getty

Red polluted water flowing from a sewer into the Jian River in Luoyang, north China's Henan province. - AFP/Getty

the red polluted Jian River in Luoyang, north China's Henan province. The cause of the river becoming apocalyptic in character was red dye being dumped into the city's storm water pipe network, by two illegal dye workshops.  AFP/Getty