INCREDIBLE SIGHT AS RED RAIN TURNS SHORELINE BLOOD-RED<br />WITH VID & PIX<br />BY JAIANSH SHARMA & SHUK YEE TSANG<br />Checkout this incredible footage of rainwater mixed with mineral-rich soil pour off cliffs and turns the sea red on Iran’s Hormuz Island.<br />Omid Badrouj, from Hormoz Island, Iran, filmed the rare natural event as rainfall washed iron oxide from the island’s soil, creating streams of deep red runoff flowing toward the coast.<br />The footage shows the water cascading over cliff edges like crimson waterfalls.<br />As the runoff reaches the shoreline, the normally blue ocean shifts to a bright pinkish-red near the coast, contrasting sharply with the deeper blue of the open Persian Gulf. <br />The phenomenon is natural and caused by the island’s high mineral content.<br />Viewers reacted to the striking sight.<br />One commented: “A beautiful Persian Gulf.”<br />Another added: "I am deeply jealous of those whose city has a sea."<br />ENDS
