Phantom Blood River: The Legend of the Rio Tinto River
The Rio Tinto River, a beautiful river originating in the Moruna Mountains of Spain, is about 100 kilometers long. Her beauty is full of mystery and seduction, and her crimson face is fascinating, attracting countless tourists to stop and admire. But have you ever known what amazing secrets lie behind such a beautiful river?
The beauty of the Rio Tinto River lies in that dreamlike crimson. When viewed from a distance, the whole river resembles a medieval crimson oil painting, which is extremely magnificent. This fantastic color comes from the abundant minerals contained in the river, such as copper, iron, gold and other precious elements. But it is this beauty that has become a huge hidden danger to human beings. Since the third millennium B.C., the mineral deposits have been gradually depleted due to endless development, and the rivers have been severely polluted, turning their beauty into ugliness. Today, the water quality of the river is close to being severely acidic, the land on both sides of the river is barren and lifeless, the fish have long been extinct, and all kinds of rare creatures are nowhere to be found. What was once a lush river has now become a veritable "river of death".
It is not the rivers themselves, but the human beings. Greedy and relentlessly plundering nature, we eventually forced this land to become a scar on the earth. But even so, people still praise and admire her uniqueness with great enthusiasm. However, this deepest love and appreciation cannot offset the endless harm that humans have done to her.
There are endless waves of smoke in the world, but no other one is as thrilling and fascinating as the Amazon River. It has many "world's bests", such as the world's largest number of tributaries and the size of its basin. The vast expanse of the Amazon River is home to a wide variety of life forms: gems of the water, caimans and freshwater turtles, fantastical manatees and freshwater dolphins, and jaguars, slender-rumped cats, capybaras, armadillos and other creatures on land. It is also home to the legendary "man-eating flower", the Nichiwa flower, which brings infinite curiosity and fantasy to those who meet it.
In this pristine and bizarre embrace of nature, there are hidden mysteries that cannot be estimated by technology. Its true face is often discerned only by a simple gaze, and the mysterious realms and unknown life forms that may exist beneath the layers of dark clouds make everyone who sets foot in this primeval land feel as if they are walking alone on a journey of exploration that is intertwined with hope and fear.
The story of Rio Tinto River makes it clear that overconsumption inevitably leads to remorse. Only by protecting our homes can we truly enjoy the beauty that nature has given us. Whether it is the Rio Tinto River or the Amazon River, they are warning us that to cherish nature is to cherish our future.