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17-MAR-2007

Dyeing the Chicago River



Be Green, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The tradition started in 1962, when city pollution-control workers used dyes to trace illegal sewage discharges and realized that the green dye might provide a
unique way to celebrate the holiday. That year, they released 100 pounds of green vegetable dye into the river—enough to keep it green for a week!
Today, in order to minimize environmental damage, only forty pounds of dye are used. It only made the river green for several hours.


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Dan Chusid25-Apr-2007 03:15
Now that's certainly different!
Lotta Mountain Dew in there.
Richard Calmes23-Mar-2007 14:17
Excellent shot! V
Bryan Ramsay21-Mar-2007 17:57
Great shot! Unfortunately the green wasn't enough to pull the Irish through the first round of either (M or F) NCAA basketball tournaments ;0)
Laryl20-Mar-2007 02:56
great capture
Greg Harp20-Mar-2007 02:29
Fabulous shots. GMV
Guest 19-Mar-2007 09:35
good ol st pat's day
Katie Chew19-Mar-2007 01:36
Very nice composition
Guest 19-Mar-2007 01:16
Vote. I had always thought that it was Irishmen standing on the banks on St. Patricks Day getting rid of the green beer. Oh well, live and learn.
Simon Chandler19-Mar-2007 00:22
Great shot. Good composition.
Guest 18-Mar-2007 22:51
Thanks for the pic!! We missed by one week. Great shots. vote
Randy Adams18-Mar-2007 13:11
Great composition!
Guest 18-Mar-2007 12:24
Perfect! V
regi olbrechts18-Mar-2007 10:42
Impressive shot Wei, with great colour and tone
but above all great compo that creates an impressive feel of perspective, due to the tiny boat in the pic! Very nice...
Big VOTE ;-)
Bryan Murahashi18-Mar-2007 07:42
Excellent capture of this festive coloring in the big city. GMV
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