Seven American Nights question

Kurt Schwind · 16 Jul 2007, 11:42 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: kurt.schwind at gmail.com (Kurt Schwind)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:42:05 -0500
Subject: (urth) Seven American Nights question
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I'm with Dan'l.  I always thought it was a type of industrial
pollution.  I'm not sure why it's 'yellow' particularly, but I just
assumed it was some poisonous industrial waste.

On 7/15/07, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have always assumed that it was pollution (or perhaps an algae
> blossom like a red tide) caused by American industry.
>
> On 7/15/07, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This may sound like a stupid question: What causes the ocean to turn yellow
> > at the beginning of Seven American Nights?  The American on board becomes
> > very offended when Nadan points this out to him.  Any help is greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Aaron Singleton
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