Mystery Unraveled
In 2010, Hungary’s landscape was dramatically altered when a reservoir failed, unleashing a crimson tide of toxic waste from aluminum production. The “red mud disaster” spilled 261 million gallons of lethal sludge, scarring the environment in one of the nation’s gravest ecological crises.

Captivating yet chilling, images depict trees eerily dipped in red, their tops untouched, symbolizing a poignant clash of human error and natural beauty..